 There had been some anti-Semitism through the 1930s; however, when Nazi Germany invaded Hungary on 19 March 1944, Jewish businesses were closed and ghettoisation began.On 16 October 1944 the Red Army started the so-called lowland armored battle and took the city on October 24.Geographically the town is located in the Northern Great Plains and three different geographical microregions dominate the area