12 Facts About Nichifor Crainic

Nichifor Crainic was a politician and ideologue associated with far-right, racist, fascist, and antisemitic positions.

Nichifor Crainic was a contributor of poetry to the modernist magazine Gandirea.

Nichifor Crainic developed an ideology given the name Gandirism, a nationalist and neo-Orthodox Christian social and cultural trend.

Nichifor Crainic edited the Gandirea magazine, and collaborated with numerous other publications such as Ramuri, Romania Noua, Cuvantul, and Sfarma-Piatra.

Nichifor Crainic was the editor in chief of the newspaper Calendarul.

Nichifor Crainic became a leading pro-Fascist figure in the political turmoil of the late 1930s, openly praising Mussolini and Hitler.

Nichifor Crainic was an ideologue of antisemitism, although his prejudice was a defense of the Gospels rather than a vision of racial hierarchies.

Nichifor Crainic's beliefs were a major influence on the Iron Guard legionary movement, although Crainic viewed himself as a supporter of the legionnaires' rival King Carol II.

Nichifor Crainic studied theology at the Seminary in Bucharest, and received his Ph.

Nichifor Crainic was eventually caught and imprisoned by the Romanian authorities in 1947, and spent 15 years in Vacaresti and Aiud prisons.

Nichifor Crainic was expelled from the Academy by the Communist regime.

Nichifor Crainic was among the 10 who were rehabilitated and he was welcomed back into the Romanian Academy.