Sighet (known today as Sighetu Marmatiei), a town in Transylvania, was part of Romania following World War I. The town was part of Hungary between 1940 and ...

Sighetu Marmației until 1960 Sighet, is a city (municipality) in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. Sighetu Marmației.

Of the nearly 14,000 Jews deported from Sighet in May 1944, it is estimated that only several hundred survived. Europe, 1933. Europe, 1933. Item View. Romania, ...

Sighet, Elie Wiesel's 1928 birthplace, still survives — a town in northern Romania near the meeting of the Hungarian and Ukrainian borders.

At the northern border of Transylvania lies Sighet Marmatiei, unquestionably the region's most original and charming little city, where Romanian, Hungarian, ...

Sighet is located in the Northwestern part of Romania, bordering with Ukraine in the north and only 2 hours to the Hungarian border. Its population is close ...

The Sighet Memorial is housed in a former Stalinist prison in Sighet that was used to imprison schoolchildren, students and peasants from the resistance ...

A city in Northern Transylvania, under Hungarian rule from 1940 to 1944. Sighet served as the capital of the Maramaros region. In 1941, 10,441 Jews.

Part of the historic region of Transylvania, the town of Sighetu Marmației is located in northern Romania about half a mile south of the country's border with ...

An overview of existing Jewish sites around the city of Sighetu Marmatiei including an introduction essay and resources.