Re: [Cz-L] Being Rumanian

From: Taylor, Miriam R <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 04:17:25 +0000
To: Hardy Breier <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net>
Reply-To: "Taylor, Miriam R" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>


I do not know in what units Jews served.
I only know that my father, born in 1907 did his army service in Radauti
And was a corporal because he had a university degree.

Mimi


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On Jul 7, 2015, at 10:13 PM, "Hardy Breier" <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net> wrote:

> Rumanians found the Jews unfit for battle units, for a proper bakshish you
> would become a reservist. If you had no money you could clean dishes in
> the army kitchen.
> Another scheme was Riders with exchange: You bought a horse and went to the
> mobilization center.
> The horse stayed there and you went home,
> Every few months you visited your horse, see how it fared.
> Under Antonescu I don't know but I doubt that there were any
> Jewish prisoners between the many Rumanians taken in Stalingrad.
> Hardy

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