Holy War: The Romanian Army, Motivation, and the Holocaust, 1941-1944
Journal: OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries)
Year: 2018

This dissertation explores the motivation of Romanian soldiers in combat and committing atrocities against Romanian Jews and Soviet civilians. While there has been some investigation into the Romanian Army’s operations and its participation in the Holocaust the topic remains largely unexamined, despite Romania being the most important Nazi-allied army on the Eastern Front and the greatest independent perpetrator in the Holocaust after Nazi Germany. This dissertation argues that Romanian officers