Life in Sighet, Romania - 1920-1939 Born in Sighet, Wiesel was just fifteen years old when he, his family and most of the Sighet population were deported to Auschwitz. Now you can explore the once-thriving Jewish town and community of Sighet before its devastation. >> more Watch this show beginning October 24th, 2002. Check your local listings. "To forget nothing, to efface nothing: that is the obsession of survivors; to plead for the dead,  to defend their memory and honor ... survivors have only words, poor ineffectual words with which to defend the dead."  - Elie Wiesel  Purchase the DVD or VHS from shopPBS Copyright 2002 Lives and Legacies Film, Inc. All Rights Reserved.