{"id":6499,"date":"2025-08-27T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:00:33","slug":"almost-60-of-romanians-say-legionary-movement-was-criminal-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6499","title":{"rendered":"Almost 60% of Romanians say Legionary Movement was criminal, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll conducted by Avangarde highlights divisions among Romanians over the country\u2019s wartime history, with a majority describing the fascist Legionary Movement as criminal while opinions remain split on Marshal Ion Antonescu\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

According to the survey cited by News.ro<\/a>, 59% of respondents said they believe the Legionary Movement, a far-right organization that collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II, was a criminal group. Meanwhile, 17% disagreed, while nearly a quarter either did not know or chose not to answer.<\/p>\n

The perception varied significantly by education level: 73% of respondents with higher education agreed with the criminal designation, compared with just over half among those with only secondary or lower schooling.<\/p>\n

Views of Ion Antonescu, Romania\u2019s wartime leader executed in 1946 for war crimes, remain sharply divided. Nearly 29% of those polled said they considered him a hero, while 35% labeled him a war criminal. Another 36% said they either did not know or declined to respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among university graduates, 35% described Antonescu as a hero, but 41% saw him as a war criminal. By contrast, only 18% of those with lower education levels viewed him positively, while about a third in this group regarded him as a war criminal.<\/p>\n

The survey, conducted between August 19 and 28 by telephone on a sample of 1,100 adults, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3%, with a confidence level of 95%.<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: Andrey Popov\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new poll conducted by Avangarde highlights divisions among Romanians over the country\u2019s wartime history, with a majority describing the fascist Legionary Movement as criminal while opinions remain split on Marshal Ion Antonescu\u2019s legacy. According to the survey cited by News.ro, 59% of respondents said they believe the Legionary Movement, a far-right organization that collaborated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}