Alternate names: Crăciuneşti [Rom], Karàcsonfalva [Hun], Tiszakarácsonfalva [Hun], Kretsnif, קרעטשעניף [Yid], Kretchinef [Yid], Nyárádkarácson. 47°58' N, 23°59' E, 4 miles NE of Sziget, on the Romania-Ukraine border. Jewish population: 799 (1877), 889 (1930). Yizkor: Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be-yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan, Tel Aviv, 1983). References:

• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 274: "Craciunesti".
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Romania, Vol. 2 (1980), p. 256: "Craciunesti"
• JewishGen Hungary SIG
• JewishGen Romanian SIG

Craciunesti, Maramures, Romania (Old Hungarian Tizsakarasonyfalva, Maramaros, Hungary)

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