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Tarbut Foundation Sighet (FTS) was established in 2014 following the 70ᵗʰ commemoration to the Jewish deportations from Maramures.

Our original intention was to organise a large gathering for the event, bringing together as many Maramures region Jewish descendants as possible.

Due to the tremendous success of that first gathering, we founded FTS with the intention to keep alive the memory of the 40,000 Maramures Jews that lived in the region before the Holocaust.

We strive to preserve the Jewish heritage of Maramures through art, culture and education.

Apart from continuing to organise the yearly gathering of commemoration, FTS is committed to the following objectives:

Educating students about the Jewish community of pre-WWII Sighet, the Holocaust and Human Rights

Organizing conferences, art workshops, contests and other events regarding Jewish history and culture

Providing genealogical services

Publishing memoirs and novels, and translating from Hebrew and English to Romanian

Restoring and preserving pre-Holocaust Jewish sites in the city and its vicinity

Observing the International Holocaust Day, Yom Ha’Shoah, Romanian Holocaust Remembrance Day and other European Jewish Days