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...were serving time for murder. He, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, führer of the green-shirted zealots who carried little bags of Rumanian soil tied around their necks, was under a ten-year sentence at hard labor for conspiring against his country with a "foreign Government"-i.e., Germany-and inciting to revolt. Fiery, handsome "Little Hitler"Codreanu might just as well have been in jail for murder, for he had a notorious reputation as a political assassin...
BERLIN--German Jews tonight were warned that they will suffer Nazi revenge for the slaying in Rumania of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the "Little Fuehrer" of Rumania's Fascist Iron Guard...
Nazis, describing the Rumanian killings as "cold-blooded murder", posted signs in various parts of Berlin labelled "revenge for Codreanu...
...will revenge Codreanu through the Jews," said the signs, found hanging from doorknobs and from trees...
Terrorist Codreanu once envisioned an Italianate setup, with Carol as King and himself as Führer. But his outspoken criticism of Mme Lupescu, alienated him from royal favor. Last April, when the great plot to dethrone Carol was revealed, 1,500 of his followers were arrested and M. Codreanu, with the little bag of Rumania's "sacred soil" that all Iron Guardsmen wore under their green shirts, went finally to jail...