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Sighet Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Sighet Memorial to the Victims of Communism

The Sighet prison, located in the town of Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş county, Romania, was used by the communist regime to hold political prisoners. "Sighet" redirects here For the Hasidic dynasy see Sighet (Hasidic dynasty. Maramureş (mara'mureʃ is a county ( Judeţ) of Romania, in the Maramureş region Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania A political prisoner is someone held in Prison or otherwise detained perhaps under House arrest, for his or her involvement in political activity It is now the site of the Memorial of the Victims of Communism.

History

The prison in Sighetu Marmaţiei (often referred to just as "Sighet") was built in 1897, when the area was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a prison for criminal offenders.

After 1945, at the end of World War II, the repatriation of Romanians who had been prisoners of war and deportees in the Soviet Union was done through Sighet. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Deportation, not to be confused with Extradition, generally means the expulsion of someone from a place or Country. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

In August 1948, once communist power had been consolidated in Romania, Sighet prison was reserved for political opponents of the regime. At first, it held a group of students, pupils and peasants from the Maramureş region. Maramureş (in Romanian; Hungarian: Máramaros; Latin: Marmatia; Мармарощина / Marmaroshchyna, Мараморщина Many of the surviving prisoners are still living in Sighet to this very day.

On May 5 and 6, 1950, over one hundred former dignitaries from the whole country were brought to the Sighet penitentiary (former ministers and other politicians, as well as academics, economists, military officers, historians, and journalists), some of them sentenced to heavy punishments, and others held without any form of trial. Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The majority were over 60 years old. Many important figures of inter-war Romania died in custody, including the leader of the National Peasants' Party and former Prime Minister of Romania, Iuliu Maniu. The National Peasants' Party ( Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian Political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Iuliu Maniu ( January 8, 1873 &mdash February 5, 1953) was an Romanian politician

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