Romanian Crucible

Download or read book Romanian Crucible written by Gheorghe Buzatu and published by Histria Books. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trial of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Legionary Movement in Romania, marked a critical moment in the history of the country between the two World Wars. It destroyed the last vestiges of democracy and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the royal dictatorship by Carol II.Romanian Crucible presents the transcript of the trial, for the first-time in English translation, edited and accompanied by an introductory study by two leading specialists on Romanian history, Gheorghe Buzatu and Kurt W. Treptow. The book also contains a series of appendixes, which include journal entries from Codreanu in prison.