Books on the Iron Guard?

[Rivet]

Hello all. I am curious if anyone can recommend some good text that cover the Iron Guard in English. I am mainly looking for a good overview of the organizations history and activities during the war.

Thank you for any details.

[wstraka]

There are a few books, but most of them focus on prewar activities of the Iron Guard. One is "Hitler's Forgotten Ally: Ion Antonescu and His Regime, Romania 1940-44" by Dennis Deletant. There is also, "The Sword of the Archangel: Fascist Ideology in Romania" by Radu Ioanid. Another is "The Legionary Movement after Corneliu Codreanu: From the Dictatorship of King Carol II to Communist Regime (February 1938-August 1944)" by Ilarion Tiu. Finally there is "The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Fascism in Hungary and Rumania" by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera. There also is another small (200 pages) book put out by Trondheim Studies East European Cultures & Societies, "Charisma, Politics and Violence: The Legion of the "Archangel Michael" in Inter-war Romania" by Constantin Iordachi.

These should satisfy your thirst for knowledge on the Iron Guard.

Bill

[Rivet]

Thanks so much for the great bibliography. It is appreciated.

[whodareswings]

1. The Suicide of Europe by Prince Michael Sturdza
2. Religion and Politics: Bishop Valerian Trifa and His Times by Gerald Bobango
3. Marginal Notes on a Court Case by Valerian D. Trifa Archbishop
4. The Romanian extreame Right by Z.Ornea
5. Athene Palace by R.G. Waldeck
6. The History of the Legionary Movement by Horia Sima
7. The Prison Notes by Corneliu Codreanu
8. Romanian nationalism: The legionary Movement by Alexander Ronnett, M.D.

Religion and Politics...by Bobango and Marginal Notes on a Court Case by Trifa may still be available from ROEA (The Romanian Orthodix Episcopate in America) in Grass Lake , MI. They are no longer listed in the on-line book catalog. Call the bookstore and ask for copies.

[J. Duncan]

Trifa...never heard of him but looked him up as a result of the book mentioned above. Interesting and deserving of mention.

There is another book which has much information on the Iron Guardists titled "The Anti-Humans: Student Re-Education in Romanian Prisons" by Dumitriu Bacu. After Romania became a communist puppet state, they locked these guys up for "re-education".