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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Gelénes

Gelénes is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Jews lived in Gelénes for many years and they had a Jewish cemetery that was apparently moved. During World War II nearly all of Jews from Gelénes were murdered in the Holocaust.

Geography

It covers an area of 20.55 km (8 sq mi) and has a population of 611 people (2001).

References

  1. ^ "Gelenes Map". maplandia.com. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  3. ^ The location was the Jewish cemetery in the village
  4. ^ The central database of the names of Holocaust victims

48°12′N 22°27′E / 48.200°N 22.450°E / 48.200; 22.450