A History of Central Eastern Europe
Four towns in Zemplen Megye in Hungary are studied: Hosszu-Laz, Felso-Regmec, Nagy-Trna (now in Slovakia), and Satoralijaujhely; and two villages in the Spis region of Slovakia: Stara Ves and Majere with Lysa nad Dunajcom provide the backdrop for an overview of this part of Hungary and Upper Hungary from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Four towns in Zemplen Megye in Hungary are studied: Hosszu-Laz, Felso-Regmec, Nagy-Trna (now in Slovakia), and Satoralijaujhely; and two villages in the Spis region of Slovakia: Stara Ves and Majere with Lysa nad Dunajcom provide the backdrop for an overview of this part of Hungary and Upper Hungary from the 18th to 20th centuries.
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bombing after 1943; and most of the Jewish population (over
1/3 of the town was Jewish) was exterminated after being sent
to AUSCHWITZ.
The governments’ reorganization in 1950 resulted
in the combining of ZEMPLÉN MEGYE with those of
ABAUJ-TORONYA and BORSOD and the city lost its
status as capital. As a final blow, the Hungarian
Revolution of 1956 was brutally suppressed by the
Soviet military and their occupation of the town
allowed it to deteriorate more.
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