The greatest disaster in the history of the city was the German occupation from 1940-1945 and persecution of Jews (see Holocaust, Anne Frank), that cost over 90.000 Amsterdammers their lives.

In Romania, the new regime of Conducător Ion Antonescu planned a new series of antisemitic measures and atrocities (see Holocaust in Romania).

See Holocaust (resources)

Lithuania was historically home to a large and influential Jewish community that was almost entirely eliminated during the Holocaust: see Holocaust in Lithuania.

The film was criticized as being apologetic of Antonescu, whom it portrays as a martyr figure, without mention being made of his complicity in the Holocaust (see Holocaust in Romania).

The inclusion of Robot's profile and other Jewish writers purposefully ignored the antisemitic policies of Romanian dictator Ion Antonescu, which included heavy censorship of Jewish literature (see Holocaust in Romania).

See also Holocaust (resources) and Zionism and anti-Zionism, Anti-Israel ideology, etc. (resources).

(See Holocaust.)

Antisemitism and fascism became official policies in Romania in the late 1930s (see Holocaust in Romania), and Bonciu found himself excluded from literary life for most of the war years.