Assassination of Armand Călinescu
Armand Călinescu, the then Prime Minister of Romania, was assassinated on 21 September 1939, aged 46, in Bucharest by Iron Guard members under the direct leadership of Horia Sima (exiled in Steglitz at the time). This was the culmination of several assassination attempts against him, which included an attack on the Romanian Athenaeum and bombing a bridge over the Dâmbovița River — both of which were uncovered by police. Călinescu was on a secret blacklist at the same time as Nicolae Titulescu, Dinu Brătianu, and General Gabriel Marinescu.
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| Date | 21 September 1939 |
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| Location | Cotroceni, Bucharest, Romania |
| Deaths | Prime Minister of Romania Armand Călinescu and his bodyguard, Radu Andone |
| Accused | Members of the Iron Guard with Nazi support |
| Sentence | Summary execution of hundreds of members of the Iron Guard, including the 9 assassins |
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