Szeghalom
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History
The jewish community
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community with hundreds of members lived in the village.
On March 19, 1944, after the German army entered Hungary, the village Jews were forbidden to leave. In May, the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto established around the synagogue. On June 26, 1944, the village's Jews were transported by train to the Szolnok ghetto, from where they were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered in the Holocaust.[2]
Sport
Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league.[3] It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Sâncraiu, Romania
- Template:Flagicon Scheibbs, Austria
- Template:Flagicon Trasaghis, Italy
Notable people
- Ferenc Szisz, the world's 1st Grand Prix motor racing winner
- Anna Bondár, Hungarian tennis player
Gallery
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Berettyó river
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Kárász Mansion
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Lajos Kossuth statue
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Reformed church on the Kossuth Square
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Kossuth Square
References
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- ↑ The Jewish Community of Szeghalom in The Museum of the Jewish People website
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External links
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- Aerial photographs of Szeghalom