ter that year Nazis established a slave labor camp at Kőszeg where 4,500 Jews died of typhus. With the impending arrival of the Red Army in 1945, the camp was liquidated with the camp's 2,000 surviving enduring a "death march" for several weeks over the Alps to Ebensee.
After Communism
Since 1992 Kőszeg is again living under a normal administrative system and a market economy. The financially feeble town is looking at options for renewal through an injection of capital from outside investors and is seeking support from government agencies and the European Union.
Kőszeg has managed to retain its natural charm and the beauty of its architecture. Only the bastion gates have been damaged significantly. The structure of the town remains unaltered.
Today Kőszeg is one of the most attractive towns in Hungary (also called Hungary's Jewel Box) and is a tourist destination. Kőszeg was awarded the Hild Prize (Hungarian architecture prize) in 1978 for preserving its architectural heritage
