Nikolai Nerling
Nikolai Nerling | |
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 Nikolai Nerling (2020) | |
| Born | August 26, 1980 Vastorf, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | right-wing extremist, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier |
| Known for | Video-Blog hate speech |
| Notable work | various forms of Volksverhetzung |
Nikolai Nerling is a German right-wing extremist, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier.
Since 2017, he has been spreading right-wing extremist ideology as a video blogger under the name "Der Volkslehrer". Nerling connects to the ideas of the Reichcitizens, and since 2020 also conspiracy theories of the so-called "Querdenker" movement ("lateral thinker" ).[1] After he downplayed the Holocaust publicly at the Dachau concentration camp memorial, he was fined in December 2019 for hate speech.[2][3][4] Nikolai Nerling is considered a networker within the neo-Nazi and Holocaust denial scene.
Life[edit]
Nerling worked as a teacher at a primary school in Berlin. Nerling was dismissed from the state of Berlin in 2018 because of his right-wing extremist internet videos. Nerling shoots a video, among other things, on Querdenker-demonstrations and events. He interviews participants or other alternative media makers like Heiko Schrang.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Mobile Verschwörung: Der Berliner "Volkslehrer" in Lüneburg". Belltower.News (in German). 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Radlmaier, Thomas. "Dachau: "Volkslehrer" scheitert mit Verfassungsbeschwerde". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Nach Holocaust-Leugnung: "Der Volkslehrer" verurteilt". www.bige.bayern.de. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Radlmaier, Thomas. "Volksverhetzung: Rechter "Volkslehrer" ist schuldig". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Peter, Erik (2020-05-07). "Köpfe der Corona-Relativierer: Alu mit Bürgerrechtsfassade". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2022-02-18.