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The Funerals of Ion Moța and Vasile Marin were a series of wide-scale demonstrations in Romania. The two leaders of the Iron Guard were killed in battle on the same day, January 13, 1937, at Majadahonda during the Spanish Civil War while fighting on the side of the Nationalist Spain. The funerary train took a tour around the country, with hundreds of thousands of people participating at the commemorations in many cities, holding holy services of the two at several cathedrals. In Bucharest, thousands of young legionnaires dressed in their green shirts marched on the streets of the city.〔Ilarion Țiu, ("În zodia Satanei" ), ''Jurnalul Național'', August 18, 2008〕 The result of these displays was that the number of members grew threefold and the Iron Guard's party, Totul Pentru Țară, had an unexpectedly high percentage in the Romanian general election, 1937 (15.58%), becoming the third largest party in Romania.〔 ==Background== The Iron Guard was originally a splinter from A. C. Cuza's antisemitic and nationalist National-Christian Defense League, forming around Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. The new group advocated action, "spiritual values" over economic ones, the creation of a "new man" and self-sacrifice as the key for the success of the movement.〔Săndulescu, p. 259-261〕 As the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, the Iron Guard, like much of the Romanian public opinion, saw it in a simple dichotomy: a fight between atheistic communist and Christianity, this point being made stronger by the news that some groups on the Republican side systemetically persecuted members of the Catholic clergy and destroyed churches.〔Săndulescu, p. 261〕 Ion Moța, the second in command in the Legion, suggested that a number of leaders of the Iron Guard would go to Spain and present a gift (a Toledo sword) to General José Moscardó Ituarte, then fight alongside the Nationalist forces. They were involved in the battles near Madrid, and on January 13, 1937, at Majadahonda, Ion Moța and Vasile Marin were killed by an artillery shell.〔Săndulescu, p. 261-262〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Funerals of Ion Moța and Vasile Marin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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