New Page 1 [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]Introduction to the Romania Holocaust [/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] The tragedy of the Romanian Jewry remains one of the most neglected chapters in the history of the Holocaust. This web page will examine the suffering Romanian Jews faced during WWII to illuminate the reasons for the tragedies that individuals went through, many not surviving. The main reason used by Romanian officials when killing Jews was the belief that they would ally with the Soviet Union and become spies. Thus not only did communists have to be killed, but Jews as well. However, oppression and killing also took place for the same beliefs held by Hitler. Jews were seen as inferior creatures that polluted society, however the latter reason played a more minor role. In the Old Romania, in the territory without the lost provinces, Jews were hardly affected by the war. However, the story is quite different East of the Prut River. No country, with the exception of Germany, was involved in massacres of Jews on such a large scale. (The Destruction of the European Jews, pg. 759) [/FONT] Quote: [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]“There were also instances when the Germans actually had to step in to [/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]restrain and slow down the pace of the Romanian measures. At such [/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]times the Romanians were moving too fast for the German bureaucracy.” [/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica] (The Destruction of the European Jews, pg. 759) [/FONT]
