Szob

Szob is a town in <a href="/facts/Pest_county/pyd5Q9VX">Pest county</a>, <a href="/facts/Central_Hungary/9I9trATf">Central Hungary</a>, <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a>. It is just south and east of the Slovak border on the north bank of the Danube.
Szob is on a major electrified rail connection from <a href="/facts/Bratislava/mr28JyEg">Bratislava</a> and a major railway border crossing into Hungary. The border is located between Szob and <a href="/facts/%25C5%25A0t%25C3%25BArovo/pcQU0BaI">Štúrovo</a>. On 21 December 2007, all border controls ceased as <a href="/facts/Hungary/YRedQLtI">Hungary</a> and <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovakia</a> became part of the <a href="/facts/Schengen_Area/3x2jdc8H">Schengen Area</a>.
Szob is known to Americans for its forced-labor camp which held former <a href="/facts/United_States_of_America/P0sCdLe5">US</a> <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">Congressman</a> <a href="/facts/Tom_Lantos/EPjEqBKc">Tom Lantos</a>, during much of <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>.

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