Álmosd

Country HungaryCountyHajdú-BiharArea • Total34.13 km² (13.18 sq mi)Population • Total1,653 • Density48/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code52

Álmosd is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

History

The Jewish community

Jews began to settle in the village in 1770. In 1830, the Jewish community established a synagogue and a cemetery.^[1]

In 1944, 63 Jews lived there,^[2] and after the German army entered Hungary, the local Jews were transferred to the Naguivarad ghetto, where all the Jewish residents of the district were concentrated. A few weeks later, they were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp.

After the war, only a few Jews returned to the village who had survived and community life did not resume. There have been no Jews in the place since 1950.^[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 34.13 km² (13 sq mi) and has a population of 1,653 people (2015).

References

External links

• Aerialphotgraphs of Álmosd

47°25′N 21°59′E / 47.417°N 21.983°E / 47.417; 21.983