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==Role in the Holocaust==
==Role in the Holocaust==


When he was in charge of Romania and southern Ukraine, he [[Antisemitism|actively facilitated]]<ref>{{cite web |website=World Jewish Congress |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/working-definition-of-antisemitism |title=Working Definition Of Antisemitism |access-date=October 22, 2024}}<br>'''IHRA ''Working Definition of Antisemitism'' ''':
When he was in charge of Romania and southern Ukraine, he actively facilitated [[The Holocaust|the Holocaust]] on behalf of [[Nazi Germany]]. As many as 400,000 Jewish deaths could be attributed to his orders. Particularly, some considered the [[Odessa massacre (1941)|Odessa massacre]], which killed as many as 100,000 Jews and reduced Odessa's Jews by 98.7%, as the worst massacre of Jews in Romanian-occupied zone.<ref>
* Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical [[ideology]] or an [[Extremism|extremist]] view of [[religion]].
* Making [[Antisemitic trope|mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Jews]] as such or the power of Jews as collective — such as, especially but not exclusively, the myth about a [[Antisemitic trope#World domination|world Jewish conspiracy]] or of [[Antisemitic trope#Controlling the media|Jews controlling the media]], [[Antisemitic trope#Economic tropes|economy]], government or other societal institutions.
* Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by [[Gentiles|non-Jews]].
* [[Holocaust denial|Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people]] at the hands of [[Nazi Germany|National Socialist Germany]] and its supporters and accomplices during [[World War II]] ([[The Holocaust|the Holocaust]]).
* Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or [[Antisemitic trope#Fabricating or exaggerating the Holocaust|exaggerating]] the Holocaust.
* [[Antisemitic trope#Dual loyalty|Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide]], than to the interests of their own nations.
* '''Denying the Jewish people their right to [[self-determination]], e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.'''
* Applying [[Hypocrisy|double standards]] by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other [[Democracy|democratic]] nation.
* Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., [[Antisemitic trope#Guilt for the death of Jesus|claims of Jews killing Jesus]] or [[Antisemitic trope#Blood libel|blood libel]]) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
* '''Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]].'''
* Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of [[Israel]].</ref> [[The Holocaust|the Holocaust]] on behalf of [[Nazi Germany]]. As many as 400,000 Jewish deaths could be attributed to his orders. Particularly, some considered the [[Odessa massacre (1941)|Odessa massacre]], which killed as many as 100,000 Jews and reduced Odessa's Jews by 98.7%, as the worst massacre of Jews in Romanian-occupied zone.<ref>
* {{cite web |website=[[Yad Vashem]] |url=https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about/final-solution-beginning/romania.html |title=Murder of the Jews of Romania |access-date=October 22, 2024}}
* {{cite web |website=[[Yad Vashem]] |url=https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about/final-solution-beginning/romania.html |title=Murder of the Jews of Romania |access-date=October 22, 2024}}
* {{cite web|website=[[Holocaust Encyclopedia]]|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/odessa|title=The Holocaust in Odesa|access-date=October 22, 2024}}
* {{cite web|website=[[Holocaust Encyclopedia]]|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/odessa|title=The Holocaust in Odesa|access-date=October 22, 2024}}

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Ion Victor Antonescu
Ion Antonescu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
September 4, 1940 – August 23, 1944
Preceded byIon Gigurtu
Succeeded byConstantin Sănătescu
Conducător of Romania
In office
September 6, 1940 – August 23, 1944
Preceded byCarol II (as King of Romania)
Succeeded byNone
Personal details
Born
Ion Victor Antonescu

June 15, 1882
Piteşti, Romania
DiedJune 1, 1946(1946-06-01) (aged 63)
Jilava, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Political partyNone, formally allied with the Iron Guard
Spouse(s)Raşela Mendel (div.)
Maria Antonescu
ProfessionSoldier
Military service
RankField Marshal

Ion Victor Antonescu (15 June 1882 – 1 June 1946) was the fascist Prime Minister of Romania, self-entitled Conducător and allied with Nazi Germany, from 4 September 1940 to 23 August 23 1944. He was tried and executed for his WWII war crimes in 1946.[1]

Role in the Holocaust

When he was in charge of Romania and southern Ukraine, he actively facilitated[2] the Holocaust on behalf of Nazi Germany. As many as 400,000 Jewish deaths could be attributed to his orders. Particularly, some considered the Odessa massacre, which killed as many as 100,000 Jews and reduced Odessa's Jews by 98.7%, as the worst massacre of Jews in Romanian-occupied zone.[3][1]

The Holocaust in Romanian-occupied zone only stopped after he was toppled in a coup led by King Michael I of Romania on 23 August 1944.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1
    • International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania. Final Report. President of the commission: Elie Wiesel. Edited by Tuvia Friling, Radu Ioanid, and Mihail E. Ionescu. Iași: Polirom, 2004.
    • Ioanid, Radu. The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Roma under the Antonescu Regime, 1940–1944. Second edition. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.
    • Kruglov, Aleksander, and Kiril Feferman. “Bloody Snow: The Mass Slaughter of Odessa Jews in Berezovka Uezd in the First Half of 1941.” Yad Vashem Studies 47, no. 2 (2019): 15.
    • Solonari, Vladimir. A Satellite Empire: Romanian Rule in Southwestern Ukraine, 1941–1944. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019.
    • Zipperstein, Steven J. The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794–1881. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1985.
  2. "Working Definition Of Antisemitism". World Jewish Congress. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
    IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism :