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Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (born Corneliu Zelinski Codreanu, 13 September 1899 - 30 November 1938) was the charismatic leader of the Romanian Nationalistic movement in the interwar period, known as The Legion of Saint Michael the Archangel or The Iron Guard (also known as the Garda de Fier, or Legionaires). The Legionnaires traditionally called Codreanu "The Captain", and he held absolute authority over the organization until his death. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Charismatic authority, as defined by the sociologist Max Weber, is one of three forms of authority laid out in Webers tripartite classification of authority, the other two being traditional authority and legal or rational authority. ...
The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to an ultra-nationalist, anti-Semitic, fascist movement and political party in Romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of World War II. Originally founded by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu on July 24, 1927 as the Legion...
Stamp bearing the symbol of the Iron Guard The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to an ultra-nationalist anti-Semitic, fascist movement and political party in Romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of World War II. Originally founded by Corneliu Zelea...
The Noua Dreaptă, which claims to be successor of the pre-war Iron Guard, depicts him as an Orthodox Christian saint. Noua Dreaptă (Romanian: New Right) is the leading nationalist organization in Romania. ...
The term Orthodox Christian refers to two Christian traditions: Oriental Orthodoxy, which separated from the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 5th century; Eastern Orthodoxy, which the Roman Catholic church separated from in 1054 was the church that was started by the apostles. ...
In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ...
Biography
Born in Huşi on September 13, 1899, Codreanu studied Law in Iaşi, where he began his political career. His mentor, the university professor Alexandru C. Cuza, a nationalist politician, founded a Christian nationalist organization called "The League of National and Christian Defense". HuÅŸi is a city in the county of Vaslui, Romania on a branch of the IaÅŸi-GalaÅ£i railway, nine miles west of the river Pruth and the Moldovan frontier. ...
September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
IaÅŸi (also known as Jassy) is a city and a county (see IaÅŸi County) in north-eastern Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia. ...
Codreanu built his political ideology on anti-communism, mysticism and nationalism. He often claimed to have drawn inspiration from Mussolini's fascist movement, but on the other hand, he also stated that he was opposed to Nazism. In the early 1920s, Codreanu founded his own organization, The Legion of Saint Michael the Archangel. Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. ...
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// Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain political claims based upon that belief; above all, the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state, and that each nation is...
Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...
The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ...
Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to an ultra-nationalist, anti-Semitic, fascist movement and political party in Romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of World War II. Originally founded by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu on July 24, 1927 as the Legion...
The originality of the Romanian nationalist movement is granted to the leader of the Iron Guard. Codreanu was a very religious person and he tried to build a Christian organization. Thus, the Orthodox Christianity was the theoretic cornerstone of this movement until Codreanu died. Nowadays Codreanu is remembered as a spiritual leader more than a political one.
The attachment to Orthodox Christianity, respect for tradition and the Populist demands claimed by the legionnaires attracted a lot of sympathy. Peasants as well as students and young intellectuals formed the heart of the organization. Codreanu was its father and soul, and after he was assassinated by the King Carol II on November 30, 1938, the Iron Guard underwent a very difficult period, including a great deal of infighting and purges, before joining the government in 1940 under the leadership of Horia Sima. Orthodox Christianity is a generalized reference to the Eastern traditions of Christianity, as opposed to the Western traditions which descend from the Catholic Church. ...
Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the...
Carol II of Romania, (15 October 1893 – 4 April 1953) reigned as King of Romania from June 8, 1930 until September 6, 1940. ...
November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Horia Sima (July 3, 1907-1993) was the second and last leader of Romanias Iron Guard in the Second World War. ...
Gigi Becali, the owner of FC Steaua Bucureşti football club and president of the New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generatie), said that he admires Codreanu. Gigi Becali (born George Becali, nicknamed Gigi; born 25 June 1958) is a Romanian politician and businessman. ...
FC Steaua BucureÅŸti is a Romanian football club, playing in the capital, Bucharest. ...
The New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generaţie) is a political party in Romania. ...
 1940 stamp showing Codreanu This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ...
This image of a postage stamp may be copyrighted and/or have other restrictions on its reproduction imposed by the issuing authority. ...
See also Stamp bearing the symbol of the Iron Guard The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to an ultra-nationalist anti-Semitic, fascist movement and political party in Romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of World War II. Originally founded by Corneliu Zelea...
References - For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1936)
- The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Fascism in Hungary and Rumania by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera (1970, ISBN 0817918515, ISBN 9739432115)
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