Ion Victor Antonescu (June 15, 1882 – June 1, 1946) was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician, and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships. An atypical figure among Holocaust perpetrators, Antonescu enforced policies independently responsible for the deaths of as many as 400,000 people, most of them Bessarabian, Ukrainian and Romanian Jews, as well as Romani Romanians.

ateneu - august 1944

Gara din Piatra Neamţ a împlinit în octombrie anul trecut 100 de ani de la darea în funcţiune. Opera antreprenorului italian Carol Zane a sărbătorit centenarul în haine noi, după lucrările de modernizare efectuate de C.F.R. cu fonduri europene.

A patrol of the Romanian army being positioned with a heavy machine gun in the area of lower Kuban. Russia, February 1943

Rostov area, 1942, romanian troops, pin by Paolo Marzioli

First from left: Rabbi Dov-Berl Yechiel

Romanian officer- Cavalry major uniform WWII pin by Paolo Marzioli

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Romania requested a German military missiin (October 1940) and then joined the Axis (November 1940). One might think that there would have been economic benefits acruing to Romania. Actually just the opposite was true. Countries which did not join the Axis (Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey) benefitted from keeping the Germans at arms length. They were able to insist that the Germany pay for raw materiials and products they wanted. The country's which joined the Axis…

Romanian 4th Mountain Brigade marching to Sevastopol, WWII

Romanian cavalry ww2 - pin by Paolo Marzioli

Articole din al Doilea Razboi Mondial scrise de DanTalmaciu

Ist es Schade um die Menschen? Ist es?

Panzer 38(t) of the Romanian Army. #Panzer38(t) #EasternFront #WorldWar2