The Romanian Monarchy

Romania in World War I

Romania in the 20s: Prospects for Democracy

Two ominous events:

Carol II

The Iron Guard

The Royal Dictatorship

Pre-WW2 Romanian Society

World War II

Antonescu vs. the Guard

Romania Enters the War

The Holocaust in Romania

Romanian Obstacles for the Germans

The Soviet Takeover

Communist Romania

The End of non-Communist Romania

Communist Romania

National communism

Fear of Khrushchev

The Rise of Ceausescu

The Soviets weren’t worried

Ceausescu’s Cult of Personality

Collapse of communism