Description: "This book explores what motivated the Romanian Army to fight alongside the German Army, and participate in the Holocaust, on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, emphasizing ideology (nationalism, religion, antisemitism, and anti-communism) as the primary factor and propaganda and strict discipline as secondary factors"--
Review Quotes:
Grant Harward's monograph offers a provocative and detailed narrative that aims to correct misrepresentations of the actions undertaken by the Romanian army during World War II vis-à-vis the Jewish population they encountered. The book is an impressive synthesis of the Romanian army's actions toward the Jewish communities they encountered from Iaşi to Odessa and beyond. The evidence presented by the author leaves no doubt that antisemitism was a mainstream attitude in the army and that antisemitic propaganda was replete in the army. As such, the book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on this topic.
-- "Austrian History Yearbook"