HORNREICH COLLECTION of World and U.S. Historical Medals Including So-Called Dollars
Hungary Bz Plaquette, Cegled Transport/City View 1969

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Medal, Plaquette, Brass/Bronze, 1969, Hungary. HUNGARY CEGLED TRANSPORT. Unknown Artist. Uniface. Obv. City View with Train in forefront, legend above; Rv. Blank. Size: 80mm x 60mm. In original Box. Cegled is a town in the Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun district, 73 kilometers from Budapest. History: In 1941, the population of Cegled was 38,872 according to census records, of which 669 were Jews, down from over 1000 between 1910 and 1920. In 1938, anti Jewish sentiment was such that businesses were simply taken from them, licenses cancelled, beatings were common. the Nazis controlled the town in 1944, and systematically arrested all Jews, and they were sent to the ghetto at Kecskemet. All were then transported to Auschwitz and killed, with the exception of approximately 150 men taken to forced labor camp, and these survived the war, and returned to the town renewing life there in 1946. Plaque Purchased in Hungary.