Ion G. Duca
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Ion Gheorghe Duca was a Romanian liberal politician, diplomat, and lawyer who briefly served as Prime Minister from November to December 1933. A leading figure in the National Liberal Party, Duca held
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Duca in 1925, as Foreign Minister
Memorial plaque at Sinaia train station
Iron Guard death squads
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During the 1930s, three notable death squads emerged from Romania's Iron Guard: the Nicadori, the Decemviri and the Răzbunători. Motivated by a combination of fascist political ideology and religious-
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…of martial law across Romania. Duca was assassinated justly 10 days after his 54th birthday by three Iron Guard members, that formed the Nicadori Iron Guard death squad, comprising Nicolae Constantinescu, Ion Caranica, and Doru Belimace. All three were arrested straight away and sentenced to hard labour for life. They…
The Decemviri and Nicadori, along with Codreanu, were exhumed and given a lavish burial service in November 1940.
The Nicadori on trial