to Hutterite families in the Héce area of Sárospatak. They came mostly from Csejte (today Čachtice, Slovakia). According to Conrad Jacob Hildebrandt in 1656 there was a significant population of Hutterites numbering 200 people. They were predominantly craftsmen, but some also worked in the agricultural industry. The appearance of the Jesuits in the city in 1663 meant the end of the life of the community. The Jesuit, Johannes Grueber forced them to recatholisation. The Jewish community Jews began to settle in the area in the first half of the 18th century. the Jewish community organized in the late 18th century. They had a rabbi and a jewish school, a yeshiva, and a "Talmud Torah". In 1930, 1,096 Jews lived there and in 1944 there were 910 Jews. In 1939, four Jewish families who did not have Hungarian citizenship were deported across the border. After the outbreak of World War II, wealthy Jews and members of the community administration were arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp. In 1940, Jews were forbidden to sell wine and tobacco and to own radios. From 1941, Sárospatak served as a center for forced labour within the Hungarian army. The recruited young Jews were mostly sent to Ukraine and some were employed in the construction of a nearby airport. On April 15, 1944, a few weeks after the German army entered Hungary, a temporary ghetto was established in the city's Jewish school building where the wealthy among the local Jews were tortured to extort confessions about burying property. A few days later, they were transferred by train to the Sátoraljaújhely ghetto and from there sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp. Climate Sights Castle of Sárospatak (with Renaissance tower) Art Gallery of Sárospatak Notable people 13th to 16th C. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 – 1231), a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary. Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262 – 1290), king of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290. Bálint Balassi (1554 – 1594), a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet. János Petki (1572 in Sárospatak – 1612 in Brassó), a Hungarian noble and poet, Chancellor of Transylvania, 1607-1608. John Amos Comenius (1592 – 1670) a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian. 17th C. Zsuzsanna Lorántffy (1602 in Ónod, Hungary – 1660 in Sárospatak) a Princess consort of Transylvania George II Rákóczi (1621 – 1660) a Hungarian nobleman and Prince of Transylvania (1648-1660). Johann Grueber (1623, Linz – 1680, Sárospatak)