Abstract
The aim of the study is to show the evolution of the National Legionary State from its beginnings to its fi nal form of revolt (20-23rd January 1941). This type of state was created on 14th September 1940 by the royal wish of Michael I of Romania, who was infl uenced by General Ion Antonescu. The study has the purpose to show how anti-Semitism can transform itself from a philosophy concept, through the ideas of Nae Ionescu, to a state ideology. The main documents which I studied are based on archives, the constitution of the state, during the period mentioned in the title, and the journals of general Ion Antonescu, or main political fi gures, and the notes written by Filip Browner, known better as Filip Brunea Fox, in his City of massacre. Journal of Legionary, Rebellion and Crime. This study is important because it analyzes a totalitarian regime that was made possible by the intervention of political arrangements alongside the help of the Legion of the Archangel Michael, founded by the Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in 1927.
Highlights
External PerspectivesFascism represents an ideological structure, which evolves in different ways for each nation
We must not forget that fascism represents an ideology that is opposed to communism and democracy, it uses the same type of mass manipulation through the totalitarian regime, which becomes a power by the beneÞts of democratic vote
The Legionary Movement is the only political movement recognized in the new state. The roles in this game are clearly outlined: Horia Sima is viewed as leader of the Legionary Movement, deputy-minister and Ion Antonescu has the title of chief of the legionary regime, prime-minister
Summary
Fascism represents an ideological structure, which evolves in different ways for each nation. We must not forget that fascism represents an ideology that is opposed to communism and democracy, it uses the same type of mass manipulation through the totalitarian regime, which becomes a power by the beneÞts of democratic vote From this point of view Roger GrifÞn (1991) speaks about the contradictory nature of a fascist regime because it represents a form of political modernism, which resorts to a conservative type of instauration. The way in which a population extends itself in the boundaries of the territory is only by violence: “(...) that person who wants to fulÞll God, would not reach this goal unless he will do actions, conquering from outside, squeezing the other one’s neck, so the nation is dynamic” (Ionescu, 2009, pp.39-40). The Legion of Archangel Michael wanted to remake the nation, but for this plan a heroic and Christian past were needed, the future was in the hands of the charismatic Captain Codreanu and his followers
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