The Prison Notes

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THE PRISON NOTES
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu was the founder and | ]
leader of the Legion of St. Michael the Archangel, ^Km
otherwise known as the Iron Guard, in Romania ^H^j^^^^^H
between 1927 and 1938. While many of the '^^H^H
revolutionary nationalist movements of the ^^
period are long forgotten, Codreanu's movement \Wt
continues to be studied today The reason is because Codreanu envisioned
the Legion as being not simply a political movement, but rather a
knightly order in which all members were suffused with the spirit of
God, self-sacrifice and the essence of the Romanian people. This is no
more evident than in his Prison Notes, which he kept after being
imprisoned on false charges by the government. Although the judiciary
was unwilling to sentence him to more than ten years' labour, Codreanu
was shot while trying to escape' shortly after these notes were written.
His body was then rendered unrecognisable with acid and clandestinely
buried under seven tons of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE PRISON NOTES
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu was the founder and | ]
leader of the Legion of St. Michael the Archangel, ^Km
otherwise known as the Iron Guard, in Romania ^H^j^^^^^H
between 1927 and 1938. While many of the '^^H^H
revolutionary nationalist movements of the ^^
period are long forgotten, Codreanu's movement \Wt
continues to be studied today The reason is because Codreanu envisioned
the Legion as being not simply a political movement, but rather a
knightly order in which all members were suffused with the spirit of
God, self-sacrifice and the essence of the Romanian people. This is no
more evident than in his Prison Notes, which he kept after being
imprisoned on false charges by the government. Although the judiciary
was unwilling to sentence him to more than ten years' labour, Codreanu
was shot while trying to escape' shortly after these notes were written.
His body was then rendered unrecognisable with acid and clandestinely
buried under seven tons of concrete to hide the crime. The Prison
Notes are the testimony of a man who, while disappointed by the
corruption and ill treatment he faces, remains strengthened by the
power of his faith and commitment to a higher cause.
Also included in this volume are translations of all of Julius Evola s
essays on the subject of Codreanu. Evola, who met Codreanu in Bucharest
shortly before his arrest, recognised in Codreanu a kindred spirit who
saw profane politics only as a means toward a restoration of genuine
hierarchy and aristocracy.
We have also appended a series of rarely-seen photos of the Iron Guard
and Codreanu to this volume to complete the record of a movement
which has withstood and transcended the test of time. Vissza