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Jewish cemetery of Sátoraljaújhely

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Sátoraljaújhely

Sátoraljaújhely, Pataki u. 2, 3980 Hungary

Historical description

Sátorajújhely

The region is famous for its rebbes, heads of Hasidic communities whose followers revered their thaumaturgical and magical powers. The city of Sátorajújhely, where 4000 Jews lived in 1939, houses the mausoleum of Moses Teitelbaum. Born in Poland in 1759, he founded ... Read more