Long Live Death: Violence & Martyrdom in Eastern Europe’s Fascist Movements, the Legion of the Archangel Michael & National Democracy, 1919–1933

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dc.contributorJones, Steven
dc.contributorFitz-Gibbon, Desmond
dc.contributor.advisorKing, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorBeckham, Hadden
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-03T17:19:43Z
dc.date.available2021-07-03T17:19:43Z
dc.date.gradyear2021en_US
dc.date.issued2021-07-03
dc.description.abstract“Long Live Death” examines homegrown fascism and radicalization in Poland’s National Democracy party, also called Endecja, and Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael. This project examines why fascist violence and martyrdom became more prevalent in the Legion. Both Endecja and the Legion were antisemitic, nationalist, and anti-liberal, but until the 1930s, Endecja did not exhibit fanatical self-sacrificial violence and radical worldview of the Legion. Using newspapers, books, and the memoirs of Legionaries and National Democrats, this project analyzes the fascist myth of national rebirth, the relationship between politics and violence, and the convergence of religion and nationalism in the Legion, which heroized violence and martyrdom. Until 1926 Endecja was part of the Polish government. Additionally, National Democrats did not fully embrace the national rebirth or the fanaticism of fascism. Therefore, the movement could not reach the same level of martyrdom. Examining the development of Polish and Romanian fascism can assist us in understanding the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism, and radicalism that we again see today. en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHistoryen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6328
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Historyen_US
dc.subjectEastern Europeen_US
dc.subjectPolanden_US
dc.subjectRomaniaen_US
dc.subjectLegion of the Archangel Michaelen_US
dc.subjectIron Guarden_US
dc.subjectNational Democracyen_US
dc.subjectEndecjaen_US
dc.subjectCorneliu Codreanuen_US
dc.subjectRoman Dmowskien_US
dc.subjectfascismen_US
dc.subjectpalingenetic nationalismen_US
dc.subjectnationalismen_US
dc.subjectantisemitismen_US
dc.subjectmartyrdomen_US
dc.subjectEastern Orthodox Christianityen_US
dc.titleLong Live Death: Violence & Martyrdom in Eastern Europe’s Fascist Movements, the Legion of the Archangel Michael & National Democracy, 1919–1933en_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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