Ep. 2: Romania and the Holocaust with Grant Harward

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Approximately 220,000 Romanian Jews died during the Holocaust, but their story is much less well-known.  In this conversation with Grant Harward, we talk about the history of the Holocaust in Romania.  He leads us through a really informative survey of both the history of Romania and the impact it had on the later unfolding of Romania’s attack on Jews in the region.

We look at the history of antisemitism and the rise of fascism there as well as the ways in which Romanian authorities Jews under their control.  The discussion also turns to comparisons between the Nazi and Romanian approaches to anti-Jewish policy.  

Grant Harward is an historian at the US Army Medical Center of History and Heritage.  He can be found on Twitter @GHarward.

His new book is Romania's Holy War: Soldiers, Motivation, and the Holocaust 

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