Abstract. Just after 1989, the public space became, naturally, opened for the pluralistic expression of social and political messages. The official public discourse of the national-communist state is being gradually replaced with a variety of legitimizing messages. The new democratic state undertakes hesitating steps in its endeavour to redefine the public symbols. The newly emerged social and political actors are also taking part in redesigning the public space. New messages, recuperative messages and identity narratives coexist, contrast one another and produce a heterogeneous aggregation of civic values. Sometimes, the situations have aberrant results.

Keywords: simboluri legionare, Ion Antonescu, Memoria Holocaustului, crime de război