Anul 1939 – moment crucial în istoria legăturilor de prietenie româno-polone
Year 1939 – a crucial moment in the History of Romanian-Polish Friendship relations

Summary/Abstract: On August 23rd, 1939, the Molotov-Ribbentrop nonaggression pact was signed, along with the infamous secret protocol on the partitioning of Poland and other lands between the Third Reich and the USSR. On September 1, 1939, World War II broke out when the German forces launched an unexpected wide-scale attack against Poland, by air and by land, and defeated its army in three weeks. On September 17, 1939 the Soviet army, also, entered Poland. During those tragic moments, the Romanian state extended special support to the Polish refugees and facilitated the transit of the treasury. Under the appearance of the internment regime, Polish officers and soldiers enjoyed considerable freedom; numerous of them left the country with the tacit support of the Romanian government and authorities, heading for Britain, France, Africa or the Near East. In refugee camps the conditions were decent. The Romanian state spent considerable funds to accommodate the Polish refugees, on the basis of the cover provided by the assets handed over or left in Romania by the former Polish army. This aid may be considered as emblematic of the traditional friendship between the two nations.

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