There was a Jewish-owned flour mill and factories for soda, liquor, vinegar, soap and chemicals.

There was a burial society that cared for the sick, an elementary school, a "Talmud Torah" and a yeshiva.

[3] The Jews of Nyírmada were integrated into the social and cultural life of the town and during the World War I many members of the community enlisted in the army, 17 of whom killed in battle.

At the end of April, they were transported to the Kisvárda ghetto, and a month later were sent to the Birkenau extermination camp near Auschwitz.

They renewed community life, but over the years abandoned the place, and by 1957 Jews no longer lived in the city.