Bekecs Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Bekecs
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Area Total Km2:25.72
Population Total:2538
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:98.67
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3903
Area Code:47

Bekecs is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 109 Jews lived in the village,[1] most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.[2] The community had a Jewish cemetery.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/? Hungarian Jewish census
  2. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Bekecs&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  3. http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/bekecs/ Location of the Jewish cemetery in the village