The late Jewish writer and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) was born in and later deported from this house on the corner of Str Dragoş Vodă and Str Tudor Vladimirescu. The museum traces Wiesel's life and work and examines the history of the Jews and Jewish culture in Maramureş. There's a monument to the victims of the Holocaust along Str Gheorghe Doja.
Elie Wiesel Memorial House
Maramureş
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The Ukrainian Orthodox church was built in 1804 in baroque style with neoclassical influences.
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Next door to the Sephardic synagogue is this Jewish Community Centre, where you can also arrange to visit the town’s Jewish Cemetery.
4. Memorial Museum to the Victims of Communism & to the Resistance
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5. Maramureş Ethnographic Museum
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One of three branches of the Maramureş Museum – the others are the Elie Wiesel Memorial House and the Village Museum – this ethnographic museum displays…
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Dedicated to St Charles Borromeo, this baroque church dates back to 1783.
7. Monument to Holocaust Victims
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This monument to the 38,000 Jews from Maramureş and surrounding areas slaughtered in WWII Nazi extermination camps was erected in 1947.
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Built in Gothic style in the mid-12th century, this church is the oldest structure in Sighet.