1. Mihai Antonescu was a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, executed in 1946 as a war criminal.
10 Facts About Mihai Antonescu
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Mihai Antonescu subsequently became one of Ion Mihai Antonescu's most trusted advisors, especially when the Iron Guard's leader, Horia Sima, became increasingly uncooperative.
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Mihai Antonescu was effective in censoring governmental critics and enforcing blatant Anti-Semitism in the media.
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Mihai Antonescu primarily attempted to gain Germany's favor by persecuting Romania's Jews.
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Mihai Antonescu approved the slaughter of Jews in Bessarabia and Bukovina, and the deportation of the survivors to concentration camps in Transnistria.
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Mihai Antonescu attempted to persuade Hitler to make peace with the Western Allies and focus the full power of the Axis forces on the Soviet Union.
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Mihai Antonescu believed Benito Mussolini was powerful enough to stand up to Hitler, and that Italy could successfully negotiate an armistice with the Western Allies.
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Mihai Antonescu subsequently increased his efforts to improve Romania's relations with the United States and Great Britain.
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Mihai Antonescu was handed over to the new authorities, tried by a Communist Party-influenced Bucharest People's Tribunal, and found guilty of war crimes.
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Mihai Antonescu was executed by a firing squad, together with Ion Antonescu, Constantin Z Vasiliu, and Gheorghe Alexianu, near the fort of Jilava.