Ion Moța
Ion Moța | |
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Majadahonda, Spain | |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Ion I. Moța
Biography
Son of the nationalist
At
In late 1923, Moța, Codreanu, and other ultranationalist students formed a plan to assassinate Romanian politicians and leaders of Romanian Jewry seen as traitors and corruptors of Romanian national life. They were arrested in Bucharest on 8 October 1923 and sent to Văcărești Prison.[4] At the trial, Moța shot Aurelian Vernichescu, the member of their conspiracy who betrayed it to the authorities.[5] Despite the shooting and a confession of guilt, the jury found the group not guilty of and they were released on 29 March 1924. Moța spent two months in Galata prison in Iași for the murder of Vernichescu before being acquitted and released on 29 September 1924.[6]
Codreanu made Moța leader of Frăția de Cruce ("Brotherhood of the Cross"), a fascist organization of peasants and students who would "fight for nationalistic renewal" (founded on 6 May 1924). Moța attended, together with A. C. Cuza, the September 1925 World Anti-Semitic Congress in Budapest; upon the founding of the Iron Guard (the Legion of the Archangel Michael) on 24 June 1927, he became deputy Captain to Codreanu.
Later that year, on 18 August 1927, he married Codreanu's sister, Iridenta.[7] Together they had two children: Mihail and Gabriela.
Ion Moța represented the Legion at the 1934
In late 1936, Moța formed a Legionary unit to fight against the
On the commemoration of the deaths of Moța and Marin on 13 January 1938, Codreanu created a special order in the ranks of the Legionary units: the Moța-Marin Corps under the direction of
A monument commemorating their deaths was erected at Majadahonda, on 13 September 1970, with the support of Franco's government.
Gallery
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Funeral march for Ion Moța and Vasile Marin -
Romanian postage stamps from 1941 -
Photograph of Ion Moța
References
- ^ a b Keene, Judith (2007). Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain. London: Hambledon Continuum. pp. 228–229.
- ISBN 9780826425713. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ a b Nagy-Talavera, Nicholas M. (1970). The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Fascism in Hungary and Romania. Iasi: The Center for Romanian Studies. p. 364.
- ^ Clark, Roland (2015). Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism In Interwar Romania. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press. pp. 42–43.
- ^ Clark, Roland (2015). Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism In Interwar Romania. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press. p. 45.
- ^ Clark, Roland (2015). Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press. p. 49.
- ^ "Nunta lui Moța". Pământul Strămoșesc. 1 September 1927. p. 14.
Further reading
- The Green Shirts and the Others: A History of Fascism in Hungary and Rumania by Hoover Institution Press, 1970
- "Romania" by Eugen Weber, in The European Right: A Historical Profile, edited by Hans Rogger and Eugen Weber, University of California Press, 1965
- "The Romanian Legionary's Mission in Spain" (Part III, A., xi Romania, 116.) in ISBN 0-19-289249-5)
- ISBN 0-13-089301-3
- William Totok, „Meister des Todes. Über die Wiederbelebungsversuche des Kultes von Moța und Marin / Maeștrii morții. Despre încercarea de reînviere a cultului Moța și Marin“, în: Apoziția, München, 2007, pp. 396–422
Notes
- ^ Moța is sometimes referred to as Ionel Moța, to differentiate him from his father. "Moța" is occasionally spelled "Motza" in non-Romanian publications.
External links
- Leadership of the Iron Guard and Culture and Cultural Policy at Claremont McKenna College.
- Image of a 1940 Ion Moța commemorative stamp
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