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For My Legionaries (Romanian:Pentru legionarii mei) is an autobiographical book byIron Guard leaderCorneliu Zelea Codreanu first published in 1936. The book has been described by historianIrina Livezeanu as being to Codreanu whatMein Kampf was toAdolf Hitler.[1] It was first published inSibiu, as it was not allowed to passcensorship in Bucharest.[2]
The book is afirst-person narrative describing Codreanu's leadership role in a series of political movements, "The Guard of the National Conscience", "League of National Christian Defence", "the Legion of the Archangel Michael", and finally, theIron Guard. His goal within these movements was to defend the newly establishedGreater Romania against a set of enemies, particularly, theSoviet Union.[3] The narratives are interspersed with quotations from Romanian intellectuals, as well as clippings from contemporary newspapers.[3]
Codreanu makes clear in his book that his ideology is not compatible with theliberal democratic institutions. He loathed the elections and the parliamentary system and he considered his movement to be part of a greater family of ultra-nationalist ideologies, which includedItalian Fascism and GermanNazism.[4]
