LEGIONARY MOVEMENT'S EXILE IN THE NAZI GERMANY (1941-1944)

After the "rebellion" from 21-23 January 1941, the leaders of Legionary movement ran to Germany to protect against general Ion Antonescu's repression. They hoped that Adolf Hitler will support legionaries to reorganize and, eventually, to take over control of Romania. But the Nazis banned political activity of Legionary movement, and isolated the activists of organization in camps. Hitler used the legionaries from Germany to pressure Ion Antonescu in the context of military operations in Eastern front. This special situation of Romanian extremists helped them after the war to defend against accusations of crimes against humanity. The legionnaires sustain that organization was a victim of Nazism, and its members was interned in concentrations camps. Accidentally or not, this rhetoric saved Legionary movement's exile from trials after the war. No leader of the organization was not judged by western military courts in Nürnberg trials, or other legal actions.