  the iron guard ( ) is the name most commonly given to a far-right movement and political party in romania in the period from 1927 into the early part of world war ii. the iron guard was ultra-nationalist, fascist, anti-communist, and promoted the orthodox christian faith. it is also considered an antisemitic organization, an ideology even going so far as to demand the introduction of "state anti-semitism". when ion antonescu came to power in september 1940 he brought the iron guard into the government. the guard launched a murderous attack on jews. in january 1941, however, antonescu used the army to suppress a revolt of the iron guard. he destroyed the organization, as its commander horia sima and some other leaders escaped to germany. ==background== romanian antisemitism had deep roots in the teachings of certain influential extremist ideologues within the romanian orthodox church. even as the iron guard moved beyond traditional religious antisemitism to promote economic and racial antisemitism and violence against jews, they did not abandon religious belief and religious language and symbolism was used in the speeches, poetry and songs of the iron guard. the youth movement had its stronghold in the faculty of theology of the university of bucharest. faith,murder, resurrection - paul a.shapiro, in antisemitism, christian ambivalence and the holocaust, indiana university press, p. 136 originally founded by corneliu zelea codreanu on june 24, 1927, as the legion of the archangel michael ("legiunea arhanghelului mihail"), and led by him until his assassination in 1938, adherents to the movement continued to be widely referred t
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