Mark Mazower's
Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe (London: Allen Lane 2009) quotes a German observer of Romanian participation in the Shoah as complaining
The Romanians act against the Jews without any idea of a plan. No one would object to the numerous executions of Jews if the technical aspect of their preparation, as well as the manner in which they were carried out, were not wanting. The Romanians leave the executed where they fall, without burial.
Mazower had earlier quoted Curzio Malaparte, in town during the massacre of over 15,000 people in Jassy
I went to the window and looked down Lapusneanu Street. Scattered about in the street were human forms lying in awkward positions. The gutters were strewn with dead bodies, heaped one upon each other. Several hundred corpses were dumped in the centre of the curchyard. Packs of dogs wandered about sniffing the dead in the frightened cowed way dogs have when they are seeking their masters; they seemed full of respect and pity; they moved about those poor, dead bodies with delicacy, as if they feared to step on those bloody faces and those rigid hands. ...
The road was crowded with people - squads of soldiers and policemen, groups of men and women, and bands of gypsies with their hair in long ringlets were gaily and noisily chattering with each other, as they despoiled the corpses , lifting them, rolling them over, turning them on their sides to draw off their coats, their trousers and their underclothes; feet were rammed against dead bellies to help pull off the shoes; people came running to share in the loot; others made off with arms piled high with clothing. It was a gay battle, a merry occasion, a feast and a market-place all in one.
