Ion Antonescu quotes

Ion Antonescu was a Romanian military leader and politician who served as the country's Prime Minister during World War II. His regime was closely allied with Nazi Germany and was responsible for severe human rights abuses and the deportation of Jews and Roma. He was executed after the war for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Here are 5 of his quotes:

The principle is that what is Romanian we'll put in Bucovina: what is foreign, Ukrainian, etc. we'll put in camps and from there dispatch them to the Slavic countries. (...) Gentlemen, you shall consider the need for this people to profit - in this desaster - to be puriefied, to be homogeneous. We're without mercy. I don't think at man; I think at the general interests of the Romanian people, who dictate for us to no longer be lenient as we were until now which resulted in our country being filled with so many neighbours who did for us the worst evil.

Ion Antonescu

(letter adressed to Mihai Antonescu, 6 september 1941) "We must all understand that this is not a fight against Slavs, but against the Jews. It's a battle for life and death. Either we win and the world will purify, or they'll win and we'll become their slaves. Both the war in general and the battles at Odessa, especially, have made the proof that the Jew is Satan.

Ion Antonescu

Be humane, be just and recognise that, over all ambitions, intrigues and hatred, there is the Motherland, the eternal of the people, and we always have to meet there, even though we disagree sometimes.

Ion Antonescu

I'm honoured that I could fight in four wars for your honour, my dear people, for your rights and your freedom.

Ion Antonescu