Vișeu de Sus (Hungarian: Felsővisó), a forest town in the Vișeu valley of Maramureș, was home to an Orthodox community with strong Hasidic influence, organized in 1877, which numbered 3,734 in 1930 — about a third of the population. Jews lived mainly from the forest and the timber industry, and the town had a yeshivah and a Hebrew press. In 1940–1944 it was under Hungarian rule; in spring 1944 a ghetto for the Jews of the whole area was set up there, and in May 1944 four transports left it for Auschwitz. Today the Elefant House Jewish museum stands at the station of the Mocănița forest railway, and the cemetery remains.
At the forestry railway station of Vișeu de Sus a Jewish wooden house holds a museum to the community: a third of the town, Hasidim, loggers and sawmill owners, sent from the ghetto to…
At the forestry railway station of Vișeu de Sus a Jewish wooden house holds a museum to the community: a third of…
The Federation’s directory lists no Jewish community in Vișeu de Sus. The nearest registered community is in Sighet, about 45 km away as the crow flies.
Details from the community directory of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Contact the community before visiting to arrange access to the synagogue or cemetery and to ask about a minyan and kosher food. FCER community directory
No address on the official list
From the Federation’s cemetery list (2007). Arrange visits in advance with the community, which holds the keys.
Map of Jewish cemeteries in RomaniaAstronomical calculation for the town-centre coordinates, sea-level horizon, Romanian time: dawn 16.1°, tallit & tefillin 11.5°, nightfall 7.083°, candle lighting 18 minutes before sunset, Shabbat ends 8.5°. For orientation only; consult a rabbi on questions of halacha.
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