Martin Sellner

[[File:Martin Sellner Buchmesse 2017.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Sellner and future-wife [[Brittany Sellner|Pettibone]] in 2017: ''Heil selfie!'']]
[[File:Identitäre_Bewegung.svg|thumb|right|165px|Logo of the Austrian branch of the [[far-right]] movement [[Generation Identity]].]]
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'''Martin Sellner''' {{lived|1989}} is an [[Austria|Austrian]] [[identitarian]] [[alt-right]] figure who makes it very hard not to violate [[Godwin's law]]. Although one might think this Austrian is behind [[Gates of Vienna]], that's not his.

Sellner, leader of the Austrian branch of [[Generation Identity]] (German: ''Identitäre Bewegung Österreich'', IBÖ), is married to [[American]] professional racist writer [[Brittany Sellner]] (neé Pettibone).<ref name="Schneider">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190727132318/http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/farright-activists-refused-entry-to-the-uk/news-story/0d1614ae1f564a24d27a0c969085921e Kate Schneider, "Far-right activists refused entry to the UK," News.com.au, Mar. 14, 2018, accessed Sep. 16, 2019.]</ref>

Sellner has been blocked from entry into the [[USA]] and [[United Kingdom]].<ref name="Schneider"/> He and fellow Austrian identitarians such as {{wpl|Martin Lichtmesz}} (article in German) nevertheless continue to travel to [[alt-right]] rallies elsewhere, sometimes with [[Jared Taylor]], [[Kevin MacDonald]], [[Greg Johnson]], [[Fróði Midjord]], and other such [[Alt-right_glossary#.F0.9F.A5.9B|milk]] people.

In the past, he openly used to be a [[Nazism|neo-Nazi]] and a [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] until 2011 when he decided to advertise [[far-right|far-right ideas]] in a more "hip" and palatable way.<ref>https://www.zeit.de/campus/2017/05/rechtradikalismus-martin-sellner-instagram</ref><ref group=note>Read: covering up the inherent repugnance of the whole concept and hoping nobody notices.</ref><br> 

Sellner of course is practically still a neo-Nazi but realised he can attract more followers by replacing overt Nazi imagery with new aesthetics. He has a criminal conviction for posting [[swastika]]s on the walls of a synagogue and was sentenced to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community service.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47822454</ref><ref>https://www.heute.at/s/sellner-klebte-hakenkreuze-an-synagoge-43242355</ref>

==Connection to the Christchurch Terrorist ==
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In 2019, [[Austrian]] police conducted raids on Sellner's residence in Vienna after it came to their knowledge that Sellner had been in contact with the perpetrator of the [[Christchurch terrorist attacks#Austria|Christchurch terrorist attacks]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190517040839/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/austrian-police-raid-far-right-group-allegedly-linked-to-christchurch-shooter "Austrian authorities raid far-right group over alleged links to Christchurch shooter," ''The Guardian'', Mar. 26, 2019, accessed Sep. 16, 2019.]</ref> He received from the terrorist a donation in the sum of 1500 Euros.<ref>https://www.fr.de/politik/hausdurchsuchung-martin-sellner-wegen-spende-christchurch-attentaeter-11912425.html</ref> He furthermore denounced the act of terrorism and declared that the perpetrator was an "enemy of peaceful patriots". 

However, independent journalist Michael Bonvalot uncovered a tweet by Sellner in January of 2016 that says (translated from German):
{{quotebox|Thank god I already bought a weapon before the asylmania {{sic}} had started. <br>Must be hard to get some good stuff now.}}
[[File:Sellnerwaffe.jpg|thumb|600px|center|Screenshot of the tweet. German-to-English translation above.]]

==See also==
* [[Generation Identity]] 
*[[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ)
*[[Jörg Haider]]
*[[PEGIDA]]
*[[Resett.no]]
*[[SIAN]]

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8uFo1RKSgEg-od3Yu10Pw Sellner's YouTube channel (in German)] (Banned)<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-activist-martin-sellners-youtube-account-terminated/a-54172798</ref>
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/VlogIdentitaer Sellner's YouTube account (in English)] (Banned)<ref>https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-far-right-activist-martin-sellners-youtube-account-terminated/a-54172798</ref>
*[https://twitter.com/Martin_Sellner Sellner's Twitter account] (Account suspended)
*[https://martin-sellner.at Sellner's blog (in German)]

==References==
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