Location in relation to the surroundings

The house is located at the intersection of streets Tudor Vladimirescu and Dragoş Vodă, in the vicinity of the restaurant Casa Iurca de Călineşti.

Text of the inscription

Elie Wiesel 

1928-2016

General description

The bust is made of bronze and measures approx. 80 cm; it sits on a marble pedestal which bears the inscription 'A single man of integrity can make a difference' in Romanian, Hebrew, English and French. Sculptor Ioan Ladea.

Condition

Good

The circumstances of unveiling

The statue was unveiled two years after the death of the writer, in May 2018, marking 74 years since the deportation of Jews from Sighet and Maramureș.

Later history

The bust of Elie Wiesel is placed in the yard of the Elie Wiesel Memorial House, which was specially designed as a place of rest and meditation. The museum pays homage to the great writer through antique furniture, paintings (which belonged to Jewish families in Sighet). This place renders the atmosphere of the era when Elie Wiesel was a child, as well as elements of the Jewish community, such as photos, documents, personal objects and other testimonies; it also shows how ghettos were made and their consequence, the great tragedy of deporting the Jewish community from Sighet and Maramureş. The second room focuses on the personality of Elie Wiesel through his work (over 30 volumes).

Contemporary importance

Place of annual pilgrimage and meditation in May, for the commemoration of deportations from Sighet.

Publications, sources, links

http://muzeulmaramuresului.ro/istorie/casa-memoriala-elie-wiesel/#.XJtrOtIzbcs