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BEZID: There are two reasons why the 20th century history of Bezid is a tragic one. The inhabitants of this village were converted to Sabbatarianism at the beginning of the 17th century. After 1848 they could openly practice their Jewish faith, but during World War II, although they were Secklers, they were taken to concentration camps and only few returned. The second tragedy marked the end of the village. In the 1980s a dam was built and most of the village was flooded. The inhabitants were moved to different other villages. The buildings of the village stand like a ghost village under the water, only the Catholic church is still visible. The former inhabitants meet in front of the monument built from the bricks of a house on the hill behind the church on the first Sunday of August every year. They inscribed on the wall the names of the former inhabitants as well as the symbols of the different faiths - Catholic, Unitarian, Greek Catholic and Sabbatarian - which once lived together in peace.
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