RUMANIA: Exit Little Hitler

Exit "Little Hitler"

Dumped one night last week into a big hole inside bleak Jilava Fortress, near Bucharest, were the bullet-ridden bodies of 14 leaders of the Iron Guard, Rumania's suppressed, German-financed party. No one else was present when soldiers shoveled the last spadeful of cold dirt over the corpses of the young fanatics who had banded together in a Jew-baiting, terrorist group to oust the Government and set up a Nazi State in Rumania.

All but one of the 14 were serving time for murder. He, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, führer of...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!