Barabás

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

Barabás
Coat of arms of Barabás
Barabás is located in Hungary
Barabás
Barabás
Location of Barabás in Hungary
Coordinates: 48.23°N 22.43°E / 48.23; 22.43
CountryHungary
RegionNorthern Great Plain
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
  Total38.19 km2 (14.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
  Total746
  Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4397
Area code+36 45
Websitehttps://barabas.hu/

Jews settled in Barabás in the middle of the 19th century.[3] The synagogue of the Orthodox community was built in 1910. There is a Jewish cemetery on the site.[4]

In 1944, after the German occupation, all the Jews of the village were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp;[5] only two of them survived after the war.[6]

Geography

It covers an area of 38.19 km2 (15 sq mi) and has a population of 855 people (2001).

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