Gelénes is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.[1]
Jews lived in Gelénes for many years[2] and they had a Jewish cemetery that was apparently moved.[3] During World War II nearly all of Jews from Gelénes were murdered in the Holocaust.[4]
Geography
It covers an area of 20.55 km2 (8 sq mi) and has a population of 611 people (2001).[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Gelenes Map". maplandia.com. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ The location was the Jewish cemetery in the village
- ^ The central database of the names of Holocaust victims
48°12′N 22°27′E / 48.200°N 22.450°E
