Iorga's Death and the Fall of the Old Kingdom

In June 1940, as Romania crumbled under Soviet ultimatums, the country's greatest historian, Nicolae Iorga, was murdered by the Iron Guard. This episode explores Iorga's intellectual legacy—his monumental histories, his role as a prime minister, and his opposition to the fascist movement that ultimately killed him. We trace his career from his early studies in Paris and Iași, his founding of the Democratic Nationalist Party, through his turbulent premiership during the peasant revolt of 1907 and the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. We examine the Iron Guard's rise and its campaign of terror against intellectuals, culminating in Iorga's brutal assassination at Strejnicu. His death marked the end of Romania's liberal Belle Époque and foreshadowed the dictatorship to come. This is a story of ideas, violence, and the price of integrity in dark times.

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