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 1944. Sighet is well known as the birthplace of Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) noted Holocaust survivor and author of Night.

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 to 44,000 people including the villages surrounding. Recently, Sighet celebrated its 687 years since it …

Among the countries and communities decimated by the Holocaust, Sighet, Romania, is perhaps but a random, insignificant example of what transpired under the Nazi regime and at the hands of its collaborators. Situated along the Tisa river on the border with Ukraine, Sighet is known to most as the birthplace of Elie Wiesel.

From May 17-21, 1944, the entire Jewish population of Sighet was deported to Auschwitz. Of the nearly 14,000 Jews deported from Sighet in May 1944, it is estimated that only several hundred survived.

Town in Romania. Sziget (Hun., also Máramarossziget; in Jewish sources Sziget, Siget, or the older Sihot) was the capital of Máramaros county in the Kingdom of Hungary before northern Transylvania became part of Romania after World War I. The town was returned to Hungary briefly between 1940 and 1944.

Sighet (known today as Sighetu Marmatiei), is a town in Transylvania, and a part of Romania following World War I. Sighet was part of Hungary from 1940-1944. It is well known as the birthplace of Elie Wiesel, noted Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

At the northern border of Transylvania lies Sighet Marmatiei, unquestionably the region’s most original and charming little city, where Romanian, Hungarian, Roma and Ruthenian populations all coexist.

Between May 16, 1944 and May 21, 1944 all the surviving Jews of the Sighet ghetto were deported to Auschwitz, including the family of 17-year-old Renée Danziger. The Great Synagogue of Sighet was destroyed, signaling the annihilation of the town’s 300-year-old Jewish community.

Set amid beautiful rolling hills and farmlands close to the Tisa River, Sighetu Marmatiei, also known as Sighet, is the second-largest town in the Maramures region, an area noted for its rich centuries-old traditions.

SIGHETSIGHET (Hung. Máramarossziget ), town in Crisana-Maramures, N.W. Romania, between 1940 and 1944, part of Hungary. Jews had already settled there by the 17th century and were taxed from 1728. Community life in Sighet was traditional and also influenced by religious trends, including *Ḥasidism.