Újfehértó

Újfehértó (Yiddish, Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

History
By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 17 May 1944, the 400 Jewish families living in the village were deported to Auschwitz via Nyirjes and Sima.

Twin towns – sister cities
Újfehértó is twinned with:


 * 🇷🇴 Braniștea, Romania
 * 🇷🇴 Cherechiu, Romania
 * 🇮🇹 Doberdò del Lago, Italy
 * 🇺🇦 Hut, Ukraine
 * 🇸🇰 Váhovce, Slovakia
 * 🇵🇱 Żarów, Poland

Notable people

 * András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945–2000) from the World War II to be repatriated
 * Erika Marozsán (born 1972), actress
 * János Marozsán (born in 1965), footballer
 * Gábor Péter (1906–1993), Communist politician and secret police leader
 * Teitelbaum family of Satmar Hasidic rabbis (see Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar))
 * Ferenc Zajti (1886–1961), orientalist, painter, representative of Hungarian Turanism