long, except on Saturdays when they went down the valley, and sometimes for those who lived further away, the work period was extended to 2–3 months. The "Butinars" (forestry workers) slept in cottages called "finnish", they had the fire in the middle, and the beds were arranged radially so that they could warm up more easily and dry their clothes in the winter. Today, in Valea Vaserului, the wood is transported by narrow gauge railway. World War II The situation of the Jews of Vișeu de Sus declined in September 1940, when Hungary took control of the region and Jews were sent to concentration camps in Hungary. During April 1944, the remaining Jewish residents of Vișeu de Sus were sent to ghettos along with the Jews of the surrounding region. Approximately 8,000 Jews were held in a ghetto near Vișeu de Sus. All the Jews were deported from area ghettos to Auschwitz in May 1944. In 1947, there were 800 Jewish survivors living in Vișeu de Sus, but by 1972 the Jewish community ceased to exist. In 2011, a museum dedicated to the Jews of Vișeu de Sus opened at the site of the former home of Alexander Elefant, a former Jewish resident and timber factory owner. The exhibition presents the history of the Jewish community in Vișeu de Sus up until World War II when they were forcibly deported and sent to Auschwitz. Geography Vișeu de Sus is located at the confluence of the rivers Vișeu and Vaser, at an altitude of 427m above sea level, having the characteristics of a mountain city. It neighbors the communes of Moisei to the SE, Vișeu de Jos to the W and Poienile de sub Munte to the NW. It also borders Maramureș Mountains Natural Park to the north, and Rodna Mountains National Park to the south-east. The town administers (ha) 44,306, making it the second-largest town by area in Romania. Relief The relief is mountainous, made of a plateau surrounded by hills, with the altitude differing from 400 m to 1042 m (vârful lui Dan - English: Dan's peak). The relief has a major impact on the tourism in the zone, due to its views. Vaser is the most attractive tourist route in the Maramureș Mountains, a defile, separating on the left a few crystalline shales: Prislopașul (1201 m), Grebeni (1594 m), Novicioru (1452 m). It shares its border with Ukraine