"I came to Bucharest with a troupe of conquering heroes and I leave here with a troupe of gigolos and racketeers."
— Bucharest

January 1, 1970

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German Field Marshal August von Mackensen, on the moral effects of the German occupation of Bucharest during the World War I, R.G. Waldeck - "Athene Palace Bucharest: Hitler's New Order Comes to Rumania", Chapter XI "Military Mission", p. 187, 1943