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=== Early Years ===

=== Early Years ===

Jews settled in the town during the second half of the 18th century, mainly engaging in commerce and viticulture. They built a [[synagogue]], educational institutions, and charitable organizations, and a Chevra Kadisha operated there. Following the schism in Hungarian Jewry (1868-1869), the community joined the Orthodox stream. In 1929, the Jewish community included 42 merchants, three farmers, two industrialists, a teacher, a lawyer, two doctors, an engineer, three clerks, and six craftsmen. The town also had an ancient Jewish cemetery.<ref name=":0">The Register of Communities - an encyclopedia of the Jewish settlements from their founding to after the Holocaust of World War II, Yad Vashem Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1975, pp. 403-404</ref>

Jews settled in the town during the second half of the 18th century, mainly engaging in commerce and viticulture. They built a [[synagogue]], educational institutions, and charitable organizations, and a [[Chevra kadisha|Chevra Kadisha]] operated there. Following the schism in Hungarian Jewry (1868-1869), the community joined the Orthodox stream. In 1929, the Jewish community included 42 merchants, three farmers, two industrialists, a teacher, a lawyer, two doctors, an engineer, three clerks, and six craftsmen. The town also had an ancient Jewish cemetery.<ref name=":0">The Register of Communities - an encyclopedia of the Jewish settlements from their founding to after the Holocaust of World War II, Yad Vashem Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1975, pp. 403-404</ref>

=== World War II Era ===

=== World War II Era ===