# Khust <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">חוסט</td></tr> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">חוסט</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Хуст (Ukrainian), Huszt (Hungarian)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Zakarpattia Oblast, Khust Raion, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>48.1817 23.3000</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 1919</td><td>Huszt</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (Máramaros county)</td></tr> <tr><td>1919–1938</td><td>Chust / Khust</td><td>Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Rus')</td></tr> <tr><td>1938/39–1944</td><td>Huszt</td><td>Kingdom of Hungary (re-annexed)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–1991</td><td>Хуст (Khust)</td><td>USSR — Ukrainian SSR (Zakarpattia)</td></tr> <tr><td>present</td><td>Хуст (Khust)</td><td>Ukraine — Zakarpattia Oblast, Khust Raion</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Khust, near the Tisza and Rika rivers, had a Jewish community founded in the mid-18th century that became one of the largest and most important in northern Hungary — a major Orthodox and Hasidic center, especially under Rabbi Moses Schick (1861–1879). Jews were ~6,023 of 21,118 by 1941. In late May–early June 1944 virtually all were deported in four transports to Auschwitz-Birkenau. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Khust, JewishGen, Encyclopedia.com — Khust</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Bluma Muller (b.1891)]] | Born 01/28/1891 | | [[Yosef Chaim Adler (b.1892)]] | Born 1892 | | [[Yehoshua Weisz (b.1896)]] | Born 1896 | | [[Menyhert Doff (b.1901)]] | Born 04/21/1901 | | [[Yeshaya Deutsch (b.1902)]] | Born 1902 | | [[Manci Leah Bernstein (b.1911)]] | Born 03/10/1911 | | [[John Dunkel (b.1911)]] | Born 05/21/1911 | | [[Czeczilia Klein (b.1913)]] | Born 04/03/1913 | | [[Leopold Hirsch (b.1918)]] | Born 04/21/1918 | | [[Lajos Kleinman (b.1919)]] | Born 04/03/1919 | | [[Yitzchak Eizik Bernstein (b.1875)]] | Died 01/20/1920 | | [[Yechiel Michel haCohen Schaffer (b.1922)]] | Born 03/27/1922 | | [[Baila Kleinman (b.1922)]] | Born 04/24/1922 | | [[David Kleinman (b.1923)]] | Born 11/12/1923 | | [[Yocheved Steinberg (b.1924)]] | Born 04/20/1924 | | [[Herman Kleinman (b.1926)]] | Born 06/01/1926 | | [[Boris Kleinman (b.1928)]] | Born 02/17/1928 | | [[Hermina Kleinman (b.1930)]] | Born 02/13/1930 | | [[Hedwig Heidi Bernstein (b.1930)]] | Born 06/04/1930 | | [[Azriel Even-Har]] | Born | | [[Mordechai Steinberg (b.1889)]] | Died |