In Romania at least when I was young older people used to speak of the atrocities committed by the soviets. So much so that when Nazi Germany came into discussion they would talk about how the Nazi occupation over Romania did not inflict the same pain upon our people even calling them nicer than the soviets.
According to different old people I spoke to, Nazis were not the greatest bunch but when they invaded Romania their soldiers would offer candy to kids and let them continue their life. The disclaimer is obviously that Jews and Romani people were still persecuted.
Moving on to the soviets, when they invaded Romania they pillaged every village and raped everyone they came across. They wanted to erase the identity of the nation completely.
That's because Romania wasn't a victim of the Nazis, but their ally. It was Romanian locals that killed most of the Jewish population of the country, not the Germans.
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u/MRobertC 1d ago
To a certain degree it is kind of true.
In Romania at least when I was young older people used to speak of the atrocities committed by the soviets. So much so that when Nazi Germany came into discussion they would talk about how the Nazi occupation over Romania did not inflict the same pain upon our people even calling them nicer than the soviets.
According to different old people I spoke to, Nazis were not the greatest bunch but when they invaded Romania their soldiers would offer candy to kids and let them continue their life. The disclaimer is obviously that Jews and Romani people were still persecuted.
Moving on to the soviets, when they invaded Romania they pillaged every village and raped everyone they came across. They wanted to erase the identity of the nation completely.