Bishop János Simor Square was the main square in Sziget, with its denominational schools, church and beautiful houses. The main square of the ghetto, shaped in 1944, was the place where the Jews of Győr and the surrounding area who were deported to the barracks camp had to gather. We are reminded of this fact by a plaque on the wall of the former Catholic girls' school and convent.
After the authorities ordered the ghettoisation on 13 May 1944, the ghetto in Győr was designated here, in Sziget, at the area bordered by the Bercsényi grove, the river Rábca and the Danube. In this area at this time, "poor Jewish and non-Jewish people lived" (in the words of survivor Ibolya Krausz). Within a short time, the neighbourhood, originally with a population of 1200, was crowded with nearly 6000 Jews.
Photo source: https://regigyor.hu/belvaros/koltozes-gyor-szigeti-gettoba-1944/