Thursday, March 12, 2009

Drafted


This information came from my mother... this is as much as she could tell me about one of our relatives that fought in WWII. 

My great grandfather, on my mother's side of the family, was drafted into the army during WWII. The regime in Romania forced men to join the army and fight on Germany's side. Then, after a period of time, Romania finally joined the Allies when King Micheal came to power and Ion Antonesu's dictatorship was brought to an end. Interestingly, my great grandpa fought on both sides during the war. I don't know any other specifics, but my mother told me that she heard that when her grandfather came home from the war, he was extremely skinny and was not the same person anymore. 

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