"Israel’s Yad Vashem Memorial Holocaust Center has issued a fierce statement strongly condemning “attempts to obscure or distort the historical role of Ion Antonescu and the Iron Guard during the Holocaust in Romania.”

The statement comes in the wake of a November 24 presidential vote in Romania in which far-right candidate Calin Georgescu surged to victory. Romania’s national elections are held in a three-step process – presidential balloting on Nov. 24, parliamentary vote on Dec. 1, and presidential run-off on Dec. 8 if the prior vote was close.

In the first round of presidential voting, Georgescu won by a margin of 22.9 percent against 19.17 percent, that of centrist candidate Elena Lasconi.

Georgescu is a pro-Russia candidate who has lauded pro-Nazi General Ion Antonescu (executed for war crimes in 1946) and Corneliu Codranu, founder of the vicious antisemitic Iron Guard (assassinated in 1938) as national heroes."

"Admiration for malevolent antisemitic murderers and the Jewish genocide of the Holocaust is growing across Europe along with the rise of antisemitic attacks. This past October, Moldova unveiled a monument to Ion Antonescu and his soldiers with the participation of Romania’s ambassador."

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/holocaust/yad-vashem-condemns-holocaust-distortion-in-romania/2024/12/02/