1. The son of an architect who had been a member of Doriot's Parti populaire francais, Dominique Venner volunteered to fight in the Algerian War, and served until October 1956.
14 Facts About Dominique Venner
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Dominique Venner went on to found the Editions Saint-Just, which operated in tandem with Europe-Action, and which was composed of nationalists, Europeanists, members of the Federation des etudiants nationalistes, former OAS members, young militants and former collaborators like Lucien Rebatet.
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Dominique Venner was a member of Groupement de recherche et d'etudes pour la civilisation europeenne from its beginning until the 1970s.
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Dominique Venner created, with Thierry Maulnier, the Institut d'etudes occidentales, and its revue, Cite-Liberte, founded in 1970.
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The IEO dissolved in 1971, the same year Dominique Venner ceased all political activities in order to focus on his career as an historian.
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Dominique Venner was a specialist regarding weaponry and hunting and wrote several books on these subjects.
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In 1995, and with the advice of his friend Francois de Grossouvre, Dominique Venner published Histoire critique de la Resistance, which highlighted the strong influence and presence of French nationalists in the Resistance.
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In 2002, Dominique Venner wrote Histoire et tradition des Europeens, in which he set out what he believed to be the common cultural bases of European civilisation, and outlined his theory of "traditionalism".
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Dominique Venner served as editor in chief of the revue Enquete sur l'histoire until its dissolution in the late 1990s.
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Dominique Venner was a co-host of a radio program on Radio Courtoisie.
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Chaton alleges that Dominique Venner uses his historical revues to "manipulate history" in the guise of various rhetorical techniques.
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On 21 May 2013, about 16:00, Dominique Venner committed suicide by firearm in the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, which led to the evacuation of approximately 1,500 people from the cathedral.
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Dominique Venner was a practicing pagan but an admirer of Christian civilization.
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Shortly after his death was reported, a number of far-right personalities paid tribute to Dominique Venner and commended his public suicide.