The fourth of a sixteen-part series about twentieth-century Romania, this episode explores the outbreak of World War II, Romania's unintentional alignment with the Axis Powers, and King Carol Two's usurpation by the antisemite General Ion Antonescu.  

Series: Ceaușescu's Downfall (4/16)  

Recommended: from the New Yorker, Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History, and, for more on the poet Benjamin Fondane, see this 'Tears in the Fence' article. For all else, see OpenArticle.xyz.