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TET, A SMALL TOWN IN THE GYOR-MOSON DISTRICT, NORTH WEST HUNGARY.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT JEWS FIRST CAME TO THE PLACE AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THE MAJORITY MADE A LIVING FROM COMMERCE, AND ONLY A FEW WERE INDUSTRIALISTS OR TRADESMEN.
THE COMMUNITY WAS ORGANIZED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND ESTABLISHED A CHEVRA KADISHA, SYNAGOGUE, WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND TALMUD TORAH. THERE WAS ALSO A SCHOOL WHICH WAS CLOSED ONLY SHORTLY BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST. AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENCES OF OPINION BETWEEN THE CHAREDIM (ORTHODOX) AND MASKILIM (MODERATES) AT THE JEWISH CONGRESS IN 1869, THE COMMUNITY AFFILIATED WITH THE ORTHODOX STREAM (WHICH REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE DECISIONS OF CONGRESS).
IN WORLD WAR I 38 JEWS SERVED IN THE ARMY, THREE OF WHOM WERE KILLED IN ACTION.
IN 1930 THE COMMUNITY NUMBERED 178.
THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD: AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY 1944, ALL THE JEWS WERE ASSEMBLED IN THE SYNAGOGUE, AND FROM THERE SENT TO THE GYOR GHETTO. ON JUNE 11 THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ.
AFTER THE WAR COMMUNAL ACTIVITIES WERE RENEWED DESPITE THE HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE. IN 1956, AT THE TIME OF THE ANTI-RUSSIAN REVOLT, THE JEWS FLED FROM THE TOWN.
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