Suffering due to the consequences of the border revision of mid-europe, romania, led by marshal antonescu, opted for a pact with nazi germany. it was a deal with the devil. the romanian jews were sacrificed and the romanian army fell at stalingrad. the author sheds a light on the consequences of these fatal events through extensive archive work. illustrated with special historical images ‘A Dutch historian explains the motivation behind the bloodbath at Odessa’ – Marius Ghilezan in Romania Libera. Dr. Perry Pierik is a historian specialised in geopolitics. He wrote various other books on the Second World War and mid/eastern Europe. He was rewarded with the civis mundi prize for his work as a historian and publisher.