![Men dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, carry torches and salute during a ceremony commemorating the death of their leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in the Tancabesti forest, north Men dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, carry torches and salute during a ceremony commemorating the death of their leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in the Tancabesti forest, north](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/3004813033db4fea9e6a7af841fe006b/2d2dt3e.jpg)
Men dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, carry torches and salute during a ceremony commemorating the death of their leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in the Tancabesti forest, north
![A man dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, holds a lighted candle during a commemoration of their leader's death in the Tancabesti forest, north of Bucharest, November 30, A man dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, holds a lighted candle during a commemoration of their leader's death in the Tancabesti forest, north of Bucharest, November 30,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7XY6F/a-man-dressed-in-the-traditional-green-of-romanias-pro-hitler-iron-guard-holds-a-lighted-candle-during-a-commemoration-of-their-leaders-death-in-the-tancabesti-forest-north-of-bucharest-november-30-2007-around-100-relatives-and-followers-of-corneliu-zelea-codreanu-attended-an-orthodox-christian-feast-in-the-forest-where-he-was-executed-romania-a-country-that-joined-the-european-union-in-2007-progressed-in-recent-years-in-admitting-the-role-of-its-wwii-authorities-in-the-holocaust-against-jews-and-gypsies-reutersbogdan-cristel-romania-2E7XY6F.jpg)
A man dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, holds a lighted candle during a commemoration of their leader's death in the Tancabesti forest, north of Bucharest, November 30,
![Romania's unusually morbid fascist movement blended nationalistic violence with fanatical Christian martyrdom. Romania's unusually morbid fascist movement blended nationalistic violence with fanatical Christian martyrdom.](https://compote.slate.com/images/bc1bd029-2407-471a-8686-9a710e36684a.jpg)
Romania's unusually morbid fascist movement blended nationalistic violence with fanatical Christian martyrdom.
![Men dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, carry torches during a ceremony to commemorate the death of their leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in the Tancabesti forest, north of Men dressed in the traditional green of Romania's pro-Hitler Iron Guard, carry torches during a ceremony to commemorate the death of their leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu in the Tancabesti forest, north of](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/9f0f510b961148cabb4ab31d51b4152d/2d22g5h.jpg)