A csongrádi holokauszt áldozatok emlékére. “Hihette -e az ész, hogy az ember az ő embertársait tűzben elhamvasztja...”

In Csongrád, the Holocaust tragically altered the lives of the town and its Jewish
community. The first six Jewish families arrived in the town at the end of the 18th
century, forming close ties with their non-Jewish surroundings and establishing deep roots in rural Hungarian culture.
By the early 1800s, there was an active Jewish congregation in the town, and over the decades, the community continuously developed. By the end of the 19th century, the Jewish community was a driving force behind the town's progress, contributing numerous notable figures, such as Károly Csemegi, who played a significant role in creating the Hungarian Criminal Code. Wealthy and educated Jewish citizens also played a key role in the direct administration of the county and town. However, after World War I, the number of Jews in the area began to decline, and during the time of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the town's Jewish residents faced antisemitic attacks.
The Csongrád bomb attack is one of the significant chapters in the town's history.
The event occurred during Christmas of 1923, resulting in the deaths of one Jew and two Christians and injuring dozens more. The memory of the bombing left deep scars on the community and all those whose lives were changed by this tragic event.
After the German occupation in 1944, many discriminatory measures were enacted against the Jews, who were confined to a ghetto in April and held in inhumane conditions. Eventually, the Jews were deported to Auschwitz, where the majority were killed.
After the war, the small number of survivors tried in vain to rebuild the community.
The synagogue was no longer used and was demolished in the 1960s. Today, there are hardly any Jews living in the town, but the memory of the Jewish community of
Csongrád lives on in the buildings they erected, in memories, and in memorials.