Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom

Legionnaires' rebellion
Part of World War II

The Sephardic Temple in Bucharest after it was looted and set on fire
Date21–23 January 1941
Location
Romania (mainly Bucharest but also other places, most notably Brașov and Piatra Neamț)
Result

Iron Guard defeated

  • Horia Sima and other Legionnaire leaders flee to Germany
  • Widespread damage to Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues
Belligerents
Romania
Supported by:
Wehrmacht[1]
Iron Guard
Supported by:
Waffen-SS[1]
Commanders and leaders
Horia Sima
Strength
In Bucharest:
4 armored vehicles
200 trucks
5,000 firearms
Casualties and losses
30 killed
100 wounded
200–800 killed or wounded[2][3]
9,000 detained
125+ Jews killed during the pogrom[4]

Between 21 and 23 January 1941, a rebellion of the Iron Guard paramilitary organization, whose members were known as Legionnaires, occurred in Bucharest, Romania. As their privileges were being gradually removed by the Conducător Ion Antonescu, the Legionnaires revolted. During the rebellion and subsequent pogrom, the Iron Guard killed 125 Jews, and 30 soldiers died in the confrontation with the rebels. Following this, the Iron Guard movement was banned and 9,000 of its members were imprisoned.[5][page needed][6][page range too broad]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Simpson, Christopher page 255 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The Nizkor Project – The Pre-War Years". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
  3. ^ Ancel, Jean (2002). History of the Holocaust – Romania (in Hebrew). Israel: Yad Vashem. pp. 374–75. ISBN 965-308-157-8.
  4. ^ An image of some of the bodies can be seen online: Bodies of Jews killed in the Bucharest pogrom Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Simon Wiesenthal Center.
  5. ^ "The report of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (in English and Romanian)". Archived from the original on 2011-12-29. Retrieved 2011-11-30.[page needed]
  6. ^ Ancel, Jean (2002). History of the Holocaust – Romania (in Hebrew). Israel: Yad Vashem. ISBN 965-308-157-8. For details of the Pogrom itself, see volume I, pp. 363–400.[page range too broad]