# Szentes <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Szentes (Hungarian)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>46.651 20.258</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>before 1918</td><td>Szentes</td><td>Csongrád County, Kingdom of Hungary (Austria-Hungary)</td></tr> <tr><td>1920–1944</td><td>Szentes</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–present</td><td>Szentes</td><td>Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary</td></tr> </table> ## Overview The Jewish community of Szentes was founded in 1800, with its Hevra Kadisha established in 1810; most local Jews were merchants, alongside professionals and some farmers. After the 1869 religious split the community defined itself as Neolog with a strongly assimilationist orientation, and its Great Synagogue was erected in 1905. After German occupation a ghetto was created in May 1944; on 16 June the Jews were taken to a brick factory in Szeged and on 24–26 June deported to Auschwitz or to Austria. About 120 Jews returned after the war, mostly those held in Austria. <small>Sources: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_hungary/hun405.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szentes</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Herman Keisler (b.1873)]] | Born 01/08/1873 | | [[Izidor Keisler (b.1908)]] | Born 02/12/1908 | | [[Lajos Keisler (b.1913)]] | Born 05/13/1913 | | [[Lipot Keisler (b.1917)]] | Born 02/12/1917 | | [[Dezso Keisler (b.1919)]] | Born 12/20/1919 |