Dominique Venner
Dominique Venner (French: [vɛnɛʁ]; 16 April 1935 – 21 May 2013) was a French historian, journalist, and essayist. Venner was a member of the Organisation armée secrète and later became a European nationalist, founding the neo-fascist and white nationalist Europe-Action, before withdrawing from politics to focus on a career as a historian. He specialized in military and political history. At the time of his death, he was the editor of the La Nouvelle Revue d'Histoire, a bimonthly history magazine.
Dominique Venner | |
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| Born | 16 April 1935 Paris, France |
| Died | 21 May 2013 (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Suicide by gunshot |
| Occupation | Writer, historian, editor, soldier, activist |
| Genre | Non-fiction (History) |
| Notable works | Le Cœur rebelle, Baltikum: dans le Reich de la défaite, le combat des corps-francs, 1918-1923, Histoire et Tradition des Européens: 30000 ans d'identité, Ernst Jünger: Un autre destin européen |
| Notable awards | Broquette Gonin Price, 1981 (issued by the Académie française) |
On 21 May 2013, Venner outraged by the recent legalization of same-sex marriage in France, which he believed would result in a white genocide, killed himself inside the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. In a suicide note, he said his death was an act in "defence of the traditional family" and in the "fight against illegal immigration". Venner believed that the far-right had become too soft and that peaceful demonstrations against same-sex marriage were not enough prevent a "total replacement of the population of France, and of Europe." The leader of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen, described the suicide as the act of a broken man desperately seeking to "re-awaken" his countrymen.