[oblio]

You'd be surprised. We did horrible things to our Jewish communities. But... in a strange way.

Current Romania was formed out of regions that were occupied by different empires. The Old Romanian Kingdom was formed out of the bits formerly under Ottoman control. In 1918 the kingdom expanded to include regions formerly under Austria-Hungarian and Russian control.

When far right sentiment flared during WW2, the Jews in Basarabia (ex-Russian territory) were persecuted, even butchered. The ones in the Old Kingdom weren't.

In a weird way, they were "our Jews". They were considered different, yet still a part of our community.

[linkmotif]

> In a weird way, they were "our Jews". They were considered different, yet still a part of our community.

I’ve heard the same thing from Ukrainians. Isn’t the world fun like that?