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Pre-War Sighet Visual Essay
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Pre-War Sighet Visual Essay
Enrich your reading of Night with photos depicting daily life in Elie Wiesel's hometown.
![Young boys on a bench in Sighet, Poland. Circa 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/yarg390sighet1_Medium_res.jpg?itok=We_M8Diu)
![Young boys on a bench in Sighet, Poland. Circa 1920.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/yarg390sighet1_Medium_res.jpg?itok=We_M8Diu)
![Group portrait outside of a wooden synagogue](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Members_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260043.jpg?itok=KSQpan7B)
![Group portrait outside of a wooden synagogue](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Members_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260043.jpg?itok=KSQpan7B)
![Group photo of men in suits and a young girl](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Leaders_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260041.jpg?itok=AVYv7J_E)
![Group photo of men in suits and a young girl](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Leaders_of_Sighet%E2%80%99s_Jewish_Community_FH260041.jpg?itok=AVYv7J_E)
![Portrait of a man with a long, grey, beard, and wearing a black hat and black clothes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Yosef%20Meir%20Weiss.jpg?itok=htmeZ1RU)
![Portrait of a man with a long, grey, beard, and wearing a black hat and black clothes](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-06/Yosef%20Meir%20Weiss.jpg?itok=htmeZ1RU)
![Group photo of soccer players](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Members_of_the_Samson_soccer_club_in_Sighet_FH260042.jpg?itok=pbcHVyMN)
![Group photo of soccer players](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Members_of_the_Samson_soccer_club_in_Sighet_FH260042.jpg?itok=pbcHVyMN)
![Boys standing beside weaving machines posing for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Weaving_Workshop_at_a_Yeshiva_FH260053_1.jpg?itok=NRRr0x8Y)
![Boys standing beside weaving machines posing for a photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Weaving_Workshop_at_a_Yeshiva_FH260053_1.jpg?itok=NRRr0x8Y)
![Black and white drawing of town square in Sighet, Romania. Depicts pre-World War II Sighet.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/22714_Medium_res.jpg?itok=41u6aVBN)
![Black and white drawing of town square in Sighet, Romania. Depicts pre-World War II Sighet.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/22714_Medium_res.jpg?itok=41u6aVBN)
![Family portrait with children, parents, and grandparents. Taken circa 1930-1940.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Group_portrait_of_a_prewar_Jewish_family_FH260052.jpg?itok=7pFUxYMj)
![Family portrait with children, parents, and grandparents. Taken circa 1930-1940.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/Group_portrait_of_a_prewar_Jewish_family_FH260052.jpg?itok=7pFUxYMj)
Students at Kheyder
Students sitting at a traditional Jewish religious school, or kheyder, in 1920s Sighet.
Members of Sighet’s Jewish Community
A group photo in front of Sighet’s synagogue, ca. 1930–1939.
Leaders of Sighet’s Jewish Community
Leaders of the Jewish community in Sighet, including Mr. Hershkovich, Mr. Klein, Mr. Yacobovich, and Mr. Jahan, ca. 1928–1930.
Yosef Meir Weiss
Portrait of Yosef Meir Weiss, the Spinka rebbe from Sighet, 1906.
Sighet Soccer Club
The members of Sighet Soccer Club pose for a group photo.
Weaving Workshop at a Yeshiva
Students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva, or rabbinical academy, in Sighet before the war.
Sighet before World War II
An image of the main market square in the Transylvanian town of Sighet, Romania, taken before World War II.
Pre-War Jewish Family
A Jewish family, possibly in Sighet, taken before the beginning of World War II, ca. 1930–1940.
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