Szeghalom

Szeghalom

Szeghalom

Town in Békés, Hungary

Szeghalom is a town in Békés county, in southeastern Hungary.[1]

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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.[citation needed]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Szeghalom is twinned with:[citation needed]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Szeghalom 2020: Best of Szeghalom, Hungary Tourism". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. [2]
    The Jewish Community of Szeghalom in The Museum of the Jewish People website
  3. [3]
    "Szeghalmi FC" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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