Szeghalom is a town in Békés county, in southeastern Hungary.
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.The Jewish Community of Szeghalom in The Museum of the Jewish People website
Sport Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league. It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.
Twin towns – sister cities
Szeghalom is twinned with: Sâncraiu, Romania Staňkov, Czech Republic Trasaghis, Italy
Notable people Ferenc Szisz, the world's 1st Grand Prix motor racing winner Anna Bondár, Hungarian tennis player
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References
External links
in Hungarian Aerial photographs of Szeghalom