The Jilava Massacre was an event that took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava penitentiary near, Bucharest, Romania and sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard and high-profile assassinations were in the aftermath. After halfway through the fascist National Legionary State, it soon became the first open clash between the Guard and Ion Antonescu who would oust the former from power during January of 1941.