Account for the varying fates of the Jewish populations in different Balkan countries during World War II.

Before the Second World War, more than a million Jews lived in the Balkan states. While more than 500,000 Jews from the Balkans were killed, the fate of the Balkan Jews following the rise of the Nazis and the outbreak of World War Two varied widely (1). Some populations were almost totally exterminated, while others survived. The Balkan countries that will be examined are Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece….(short extract)