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Salgótarján (Ungheria) CercaDefinizione
Coordinates: 48º07'N 19º49'E
NE of Budapest
1926 County: Nógrád-Hont
Jewish population in 1941: 1,255
Total population in 1941: 20,318
Country before WWI:
1900-1918: Austria-Hungary
Country during interwar period:
1918-1939: Hungary
Administration during WWII:
1939-1945: Hungary
Country after WWII:
1945 - Hungary
Additional interwar/World War II/Holocaust information:
In April 1944 Hungarian authorities rounded up the Jews of Salgótarján into three separate designated areas. After a short period of time a total of 3,200 Jews, including those from surrounding communities were transferred to warehouses of a local coal mine. Prior to the evacuation of the ghetto, all the males of working age were selected from the ghetto population and enlisted into Forced Labor Battalions. On June 12, 1944, the remaining ghetto population was deported to Auschwitz. About 120 survivors of the Holocaust returned to Salgótarján after the war. (en-US)
Fonte
Microsoft Encarta Interactive World Atlas 2001. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Corporation, 2000.