Romania: An Anti – Semitic History  Dating all the way back to the 16th century, Jews were persecuted in this Christian orthodox state. They were viewed as foreigners; prohibited from the privileges and rights of true citizens. As seen as a trend with anti-Semitism across Europe, they were often used as the scapegoat, and had to suffer the consequences for a wrongdoing they did not commit. For instance, in the after math of WWI Romania received a multitude of valuable territory, nearly doubling the size of the country. However, in 1940 Romania lost 30 percent of this territory to the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Jews were associated with Soviet communism and accused of siding with the enemy over this territorial struggle. This accusation, however wrong as it was, served as validation that the Jews were the most prevalent threat to Romanianism. Romanianism was the desire to...