„Behind the Masks”. AlexandruVaida-Voevod’s Black Notebook Cover Image

„În spatele măștilor”. Caietul negru al lui Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
„Behind the Masks”. AlexandruVaida-Voevod’s Black Notebook

„Behind the Masks”. AlexandruVaida-Voevod’s Black Notebook

Author(s): Attila Varga
Subject(s): Cultural history, Ethnohistory, Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Black Diary; Freemasonry; Eugenics; Racism; Nationalism; Elites;

Summary/Abstract: The present analysis refers to Alexandru Vaida-Voevod's famous „Black Diary”, which contains his own reflections concerning the ideas of race and eugenics. On the other hand on his notes have been written during the period he was Minister of the Internal Affairs, having a very close connection with Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the Legionary Movement. His notes underline also the most radical ideas ever conceived by the famous romanian politician. The reflections from the „Black Diary” were outlined somewhere in the 1920s, when eugenic appeared in the Romanian space.

  • Issue Year: LXI/2022
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 379-387
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian