Gulács

Gulács
Aerial photo of Gulács
Coat of arms
Gulács Location of Gulács in Hungary
Coordinates: 48.08°N 22.47°E / 48.08; 22.47
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Great Plain
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area [1]
• Total	23.35 km^2 (9.02 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	838
• Density	36/km^2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4842
Area code	+36 45
Website	http://www.gulacs.hu/

Gulács is a village in Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.^[3]

History

The Jewish community

Jews began to settle in Gulács at the beginning of the 20th century. Most of them owned farms and a minority were engaged in trade and craft. There was a synagogue and a Jewish cemetery.^[4]

In 1941, six young Jews from the village were recruited for forced labor. Three of them died.

In 1944, after the German occupation, all the Jews were transferred to the Berehove ghetto, where about 10,000 Jews living in the area were concentrated. In mid-May, they were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp.^[5]

After the war, only two Jewish women who left soon returned to Gulács. The synagogue and the Jewish cemetery were not damaged in the war.

Population

Population of Gulács^[2]

Census Year	Population
1980-01-01	1,237
1990-01-01	1,069
2001-02-01	951
2011-10-01	879
2014-01-01	838

External links

• The jewish community in Gulács On JewishGen website.

References

1. Gulács at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
2. "Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (Hungary): Districts, Towns and Villages – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
3. "Gulács Map and Weather Forecast".
4. The Jewish community in Gulács on the website of the Jewish People's Museum
5. Documentation of the Jews of Golach who were murdered in the Holocaust