Ricse | |
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Large village | |
 Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary | |
  Ricse Location of Ricse | |
| Coordinates:48°19′33″N21°58′08″E / 48.32579°N 21.96890°E /48.32579; 21.96890 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
| District | Cigánd |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.74 km2 (9.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 1,913 |
| • Density | 77.32/km2 (200.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3974 |
| Area code | (+36) 47 |
Ricse (sometimes erroneously written asRisce) is a village in theTokaj wine region inBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, in EasternHungary. Prior to World War II Ricse was home to a thriving Jewish community. The founder of Paramount Pictures,Adolph Zukor, was born in Ricse in 1873 before emigrating to the United States in 1889.[1]
Established in 1940, the camp at Ricse wasZemplén County's largestinternment camp. Prisoners were mainlyJews fromHungary,Poland,Slovakia, and otherrefugees rounded up by the Hungarian authorities. Prisoners who were unable to prove their Hungarian citizenship were also interned there. The inmates included men, women, and children. The site consisted of military barracks containing sleeping quarters with cots and blankets. The camp was fenced in and guarded by armed Hungarians, possibly soldiers. In the summer of 1941, most of the internees were transferred from Ricse toKörösmező and then toKamianets-Podilskyi in German-occupied Ukraine, where they were murdered at the end of August 1941.[2]
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