Editing Hungary (section)

== History ==
[[File:פורום רבנים צעירים הונגריה.jpg|thumb|The Forum of Young Rabbis of Europe against the backdrop of the [[Synagogue]] of Rabbi [[Shlomo Kovesh]]]]

The country has a rich history, with control often passing between world powers. During its peak, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after defeat in World War I, it became an independent nation. During World War II, Hungary was controlled by the Nazis, and a Holocaust occurred where about half a million Jews were murdered and tortured, out of 750,000 Jews who lived in the country before the war. After the war, the country was controlled by the Soviet army, which imposed a communist regime that fought against Jewish matters, continuing until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990.

Today, Hungary is part of NATO and belongs to the European Union, though it is not considered a fully democratic country.

The country is crossed by two major rivers, the Danube and the Tisza.