Romania is responsible for the deaths of between 280 000 and 400 000 Jews during the Holocaust, approximately half of its Jewish population. Their contribution of soldiers was second only to Nazi Germany itself, and was more than all of Nazi Germany's other allies combined. Throughout the Holocaust, Romania supplied the Axis Powers with oil, grain and other products, with little monetary compensation. While each of the countries allied with Nazi Germany aided Germany in some way, Romania went …
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…ideologies and beliefs, internal pressure put on the Romanian government, and external pressure from the Nazi's themselves. The Holocaust stands out from all other major world events because of the barbaric nature and malious intent of the gruesome acts carried out by Nazi Germany and their allies. Moral equivalency, which is typically present between oposing sides was nonexistant, and the war as a whole in a way became a classic battle of good versus evil.