Epilogue: Right-Wing Radicalism, a Cultural Movement of the Interwar Period, at Its End
摘要
After 1989, Romania embraced democracy again, viewing communism as a foreign political model that abruptly interrupted the prosperous Romania of the interwar years. Cultural figures from that era were celebrated as heroes, serving as evidence that communism was merely a historical anomaly. Elevated to near-mythical status, their public images became nearly sacred, and claims of their professional greatness were repeatedly used to stifle critical evaluations of the social and political ideologies they had advocated or the decisions made before and after the war. This final chapter examines these largely unexplored elements of their post-war experiences, demonstrating that several figures, like Nichifor Crainic, appeared as authors in the communist regime’s official press, openly endorsing it, while others, such as Vintilă Horia from the diaspora, maintained their support for far-right ideologies until their death.