The Prison Notes

Introduction The following Introduction was written by Faust Bradesco, a Romanian Legionary veteran and intellectual who continued defending Codreanu’s legacy in several books after being exiled to France following the Communist occupation of his homeland, and where he was to spend the remainder of his life. This Introduction was originally published in the French edition of The Prison Notes in 1986. "This short work, already translated into several languages, now brings to completion in French the knowledge and understanding of the tragic life of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the legendary leader of the Romanian Legionary Movement, otherwise known as the Iron Guard. It is concerned with a very short period of time – 19 April to 19 June 1938 – during which he was incarcerated in the prison of Jilava in the most vile and discouraging conditions." (Continues on page 1) The Prison Notes 2 untitled 2 Copyright © 2015 Logik Förlag 3 Contents 4 Introduction 6 The Foreword presented here was 10 Foreword 11 Tuesday, 19 April 1938 13 Holy Easter, 24 April 1938 16 Wednesday, 27 April 23 Friday, 29 April 25 Sunday, 1 May 26 Thursday, 5 May 28 Sunday, 8 May 29 Sunday, 9 May 31 Sunday, 10 May 33 Friday, 13 May 34 Sunday, 15 May 35 Monday, 16 May 36 Tuesday, 17 May 37 Friday, 27 May 38 Sunday, 29 May 43 Notes on the Trial 44 Friday, 3 June 47 Saturday, 4 June 49 Monday, 6 June 50 Tuesday, 7 June 52 Thursday, 9 June 56 Friday, 10 June 58 Monday, 13 June 59 Tuesday, 14 June 60 Wednesday, 15 June 61 Friday morning, 17 June 64 Friday evening, 17 June 65 Sunday, 19 June 66 Appendix 1: Articles on Codreanu and the Iron Guard by Julius Evola 72 Foreword to the Appendix 73 An Interview with Codreanu 75 Nationalism and Ascesis: The Iron Guard 79 In the Aftermath of Codreanu’s Murder: The Tragedy of Romanian Legionarism 83 Caught in the Romanian Storm: Voices from Beyond the Grave 88 The Tragidy of the Romanian Iron Guard: Codreanu 94 My Meeting with Codreanu 109 Appendix 2: Photographs of Codreanu and the Iron Guard 113 Published by Logik Förlag 136