Die Krise der rumänischen Monarchie von 1940, die persönliche Bewährung der Königsfamilie und das Scheitern der Neufundierung monarchischer Herrschaft in den Jahren des Holocaust

Abstract

In August 1944 the Queen Mother and the young Romanian Monarch had gained personal strength because of their moral behavior during the time of the Second World War and the Romanian Holocaust. However, at the same time, the monarchy as an institution had lost its vigor. It is often argued by scholars that with Carol II leaving the country by force, the Romanian monarchy was not anymore without alternatives. The Queen Mother and the young Monarch were praised because of their "virtues" but not as representatives of an important, strong, deeply rooted in the culture of the country institution.