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-
The Decemviri and Nicadori, along with Codreanu, were exhumed and given a lavish burial service in November 1940.
The Nicadori on trial
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
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Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu, was a fascist Romanian politician, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Ar
Iron Guard death squads
…itself with the Romanian Orthodox Church, which prohibits murder. However, it had ways of justifying the notion of "giving death" (a notion its founder, Corneliu Codreanu, never fully explained, as he was given to laconic pronouncements). Codreanu noted that, given the opposition the Guard faced from the state, other…
A photo of Codreanu (year unknown).
Ion Antonescu and Codreanu at a skiing event in 1935
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and Iron Guard members in 1937
1938 trial of Codreanu for high treason