Former Romanian military dicator Antonescu partially rehabilitated

The Court of Appeal in Bucharest has partially rehabilitated the fascist military dictator Ion Antonescu, who was executed in 1946, and his ultra-nationalist supporters. They were responsible for the deportation and murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews during the Second World War. Liviu Rotman comments: "We must ask why it is that in a democratic Romania the cult surrounding a dictator has been revived. This invocation and glorification of the 'anti-Bolshevist crusade' of a self-appointed marshal is more than just a problem. The simple explanation that Antonescu is being idealised because he opposed discredited communism is childish and unacceptable. You can't apply the formula 'two minuses make a plus' to social issues. This is evidence that people have failed to grasp the complexity of this social phenomenon. So far only the Jewish community has voiced its adamant protest."

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