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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.

Termini più generici

• Nógrád-Hont (Ungheria : County)