Între tentația nazificării și represiunea comunistă: Destinul etnicilor germani din România
Between N.S. alignment and communist repression: The political destiny of ethnic Germans in Romania

Summary/Abstract: In the aftermath of World War II, the entire European continent was geopolitically reshaped according to the new security architecture imposed by the victorious powers. In Eastern Europe there was no real process of reconciliation and most nations had to face the harsh reality of being exposed to an increased soviet propaganda pressure. After being part in the German sphere of interest in the late 1930`s (and of course, an initial collaborator during the war), Romania could not easily overcome its recent past. This paper attempts to investigate certain political and social conditions which led to the unprecedented measures against ethnic Germans in Romania. They were accused of collaboration with the national-socialist organization called the „German Ethnic Group in Romania” (DViR) and had to face various forms of repression after the war. The main objective of this paper is to examine the ideological construction of the German collective guilt, given the geopolitical circumstances of that time.

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