Sighetu Marmaţiei Sighet, județul Maramureș, regiunea de dezvoltare Nord-Vest, România
| Latitude | 47°55′43″N |
| Longitude | 23°53′33″E |
| City | Sighetu Marmaţiei Sighet |
| County | județul Maramureș |
| State/ Province | regiunea de dezvoltare Nord-Vest |
| Country | România |
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Sighetu Marmaţiei
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Máramarossziget
Maramureschsigeth
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Сигіт‑Мармароський
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Sighetu Marmaţiei was one of the Romanian, Rusyn, and Jewish cultural and political centers in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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More than 20,000 Jews from Sighet were sent to Auschwitz, including Elie Wiesel, who was born in Sighet, and other Nazi extermination camps.
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Famous residents of Sighet, include:
* David Weiss Halivni דוד הלבני
* Moshe Teitelbaum
* Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (Yetev Lev)
* Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalmen Leib) Teitelbaum (II)
* Elie Wiesel
* Gisella Perl, who wrote I was a doctor in Auschwitz (ISBN 0405123000) (In 2003, a film Out of the Ashes was released based upon the story of her life)
* Oscar Sobel
* Géza Frid, composer and pianist.
Web Links
| Type | Link/ Description | |
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| 1 | Web Home | Sighetu Marmației, de la Wikipedia (Română) |
| 2 | Web Home | Máramarossziget, a Wikipédiából (Magyar) |
| 3 | Web Home | Sighetu Marmaţiei, from Wikipedia |