romania participated in the holocaust. the author of the book "the destruction of the european jews" raul hilberg writes follow: "there was / ... / moment when the germans actually had to intervene and slow the speed with which the romanian measures were taken." the hunt for jews in eastern romania (including bessarabia, bukovina, transnistria and the city of iasi) had more the character of pogroms than the german, well-organized camps and transport.