Convicted by a military court early today of high treason Corneliu Zelia Codreanu, leader of the illegal pro-Fascist Iron Guard, began serving a sentence of 10 years at hard labor. He was also condemned to five years’ imprisonment for conspiring against Rumania with a foreign power and eight years for organizing armed groups with seditious intent. These terms will be served concurrently, however. When released, he will be deprived of civil rights for six years.
After his arrest a search of the Iron Guard leader’s revealed a letter congratulating Chancellor Hitler upon Germany’s absorption of Austria. Another predicted that Rumania would soon be transformed into a Fascist State.
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