Györ, Hungary - '45 Aid Society

Members of the Boys were born in Györ.

The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after the war for rest and rehabilitation.

Members of the Boys were held in Nazi labour and concentration camps and used as slave labourers. They had also survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.

^{Györ, Hungary.}

Györ-Moson-Sopron County borders Austria and Slovakia in the north-west of Hungary. Most of the Jews who lived in the area before World War II were merchants and industrialists.

Before Hungary was occupied by the Germans, the Jews suffered from anti-Jewish legislation. In 1942, most of the Jewish men in the county were recruited into forced labour in the Hungarian army on the eastern front, where many lost their lives.

On 19 March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. Two months later the Jews of Györ-Moson-Sopron county were imprisoned in the ghetto in Györ. Over 5,000 people were deported in two transports to the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland.

After the Holocaust, hundreds of Jews who had been expelled from the city returned to Györ and re-established a Jewish community. In 1949, there were 459 Jews in the city but after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in 1956 the overwhelming majority of the Jews left.

Visiting Györ

Getting there Located in northwestern Hungary between Budapest, Vienna, and Bratislava, Gyor is easily accessible by train, bus, or car. It is a major stop on the main railway line connecting Vienna and Budapest

What to see

Synagogue Completed in 1870, this massive grey-domed building in the Újváros district now serves as a museum and cultural center. It houses the Exhibition of Jewish Excellence, celebrating over 400 world-renowned Jewish figures.
Jewish Cemetery Located in Győr-Sziget, it is exceptionally well-maintained and features a Martyrs’ Monument (a small pyramid) dedicated to Holocaust victims.

Present day Country:

Hungary

Associated Boys:

Charlotte Benedikt

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