# Békéscsaba <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Békéscsaba (Hungarian)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Békés County, Hungary</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>46.6833 21.0833</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>to 1918</td><td>Békéscsaba</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (Békés County)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–present</td><td>Békéscsaba</td><td>Hungary (Békés County)</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Jews first settled in Békéscsaba at the end of the 18th century, organizing a community in the early 1830s and building their first synagogue in 1850. After the 1869 denominational split the community became Status Quo, and in 1883 the Orthodox seceded and built their own synagogue (1894). The Jewish population grew from about 110 (0.5%) in 1840 to 2,458 (5.0%) in 1920. The ghetto was liquidated on 25–26 June 1944, with deportations in two transports: one to Strasshof, Austria (most survived) and one to Auschwitz (most perished). A few hundred survivors reestablished the community, but the 1946 anti-Jewish riot and Communist-era policies drove most away; about 500 Jews remained in 1949, shrinking to 151 by 1968. The Orthodox synagogue still stands. <small>Sources: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bekescsaba, https://jewish-bekescsaba.com/history-of-jews-of-bekescsaba/, https://cdp.jewishgen.org/eastern-europe/hungary/bekescsaba-bekes</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yissochor Dov Weisz (b.1915)]] | Born 06/01/1915 | | [[Shlomo Yehudah Weisz (b.1917)]] | Born 10/18/1917 | | [[Soshi Sarah Weisz (b.1920)]] | Born 01/05/1920 | | [[Avraham Weisz (b.1922)]] | Born 03/13/1922 | | [[Avraham Weisz (b.1936)]] | Born 10/16/1936 | | [[Moshe Chaim Weisz (b.1937)]] | Born 10/25/1937 | | [[Chaim Yaakov Korach (b.1948)]] | Born 12/13/1948 | | [[Yehudit Mindel Spitzer (b.1949)]] | Born 05/04/1949 |