Nikolai Nerling

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Nikolai Nerling (born 1980 ), alias Der Volkslehrer , is a right-wing extremist and anti-Semitic video blogger . He was released from service at a Berlin elementary school in May 2018 without notice . In December 2019 he was sentenced to a fine by the Dachau District Court for sedition . He laid appeal against the judgment.

Video blogs

Nerling founded the YouTube channel Der Volkslehrer on September 22, 2017 , on which he published videos with anti-Semitic and conspiracy ideological positions. In addition to his own contributions, he also published interviews with self-confessed Holocaust deniers such as Ursula Haverbeck and Gerhard Ittner as well as people from the Reich Citizens' Movement . He also reported on his participation in right-wing extremist events and demonstrations in which he tried to educate people about an alleged " Zionist-Jewish world conspiracy " with his own leaflets and posters .

The channel was blocked by YouTube in April 2019, but shortly afterwards some of its videos were available on a new channel. Before his first channel was blocked, Nerling had over 60,000 subscribers. Individual videos were accessed over 100,000 times. Nerling operates its own website and channels on the Telegram messaging service and the BitChute video portal . In March 2020, the original channel was available again on YouTube.

After the initiation of state measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , Nerling published a video in mid-March 2020 with the title “Corona Conto Holocaust” in which he presented the German Infection Protection Act as a “tool of the federal government ” to “get rid of unpleasant citizens ". It is also not certain whether the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 even exists.

Employment and processes

Since February 2009, the state of Berlin has employed Nerling as a primary school teacher, most recently at a primary school in the Gesundbrunnen district . He was released in May 2018 because of his right-wing extremist videos and then terminated without notice. The trigger for this was a report by the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel . At that time, 38-year-old Nerling sued the labor court , which dismissed his suit in the first instance. In September 2019, he withdrew his appeal . This means that he is no longer allowed to teach in public schools in Berlin.

In December 2019, the Dachau District Court sentenced Nerling to a fine of 10,800 euros for sedition and trespassing because he had denied the Holocaust in front of students at the Dachau concentration camp memorial in February 2019 and filmed it without permission. Nerling appealed the judgment. Prior to this, Nerling had also filmed his visit to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp memorial and published it on YouTube, in which he questioned the number of victims, berated a group of schoolchildren that they would be “ inoculated into a ' guilt cult '”, and referred to Anne Frank's diary as "Made fun of childish fantasy product". Under threat of an injunction , Nerling was forced to take the video offline.

In February 2020, the Frankfurt am Main regional court issued two preliminary injunctions against Nerling after he had published video clips in January 2020 in which he read anti-Semitic statements as alleged quotes from Immanuel Kant , Richard Wagner and Benjamin Franklin . In March 2020, the Berlin public prosecutor brought charges against Nerling, among other things for "playing down the atrocities of National Socialism, denying [s] the Shoah, showing [s] the Hitler salute as well as insulting and physical abuse".

Others

At the German Evangelical Church Congress 2017 , Nerling disturbed, as the new right-wing monthly magazine peculiarly freely reported, a minute's silence for drowned refugees by shouting the phrase “I'm not silent”. In February 2019, he took part in a right-wing extremist event in Budapest to commemorate the Battle of Budapest , at which the Waffen SS was also paid homage. In October 2019 Nerling was awarded the negative golden aluminum hat in the category “general conspiracy theories”. In February 2020, Swiss television SRF reported on Nerling's networking function in the neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier scene. In April 2020 Nerling took part several times in unauthorized protest events against the ordinances of the Berlin Senate to contain the COVID-19 pandemic , since May 2020 under the slogan "Right and left against FRG fascism in Berlin".

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Max Stanko: "The community does not suffer from schizophrenia in this respect." Contempt of the FRG as a reason for termination . In: myops . No. 38 , 2019, ISSN  1865-2301 , p. 18-22 .
  2. ↑ "Volkslehrer" available again on YouTube. In: Ruhrbarone.de. April 17, 2019, accessed September 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution : Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2018 . Ed .: Federal Ministry of the Interior for Building and Home Affairs. 2019, ISSN  0177-0357 , p. 61-62 .
  4. ↑ Hate videos spread: Youtube blocks “Volkslehrer”. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung . April 14, 2019, accessed February 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Alexander Fröhlich: Youtube blocks the “Volkslehrer's” channel. In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 15, 2019, accessed July 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Miro Dittrich, Lukas Jäger, Claire-Friederike Meyer, Simone Rafael: Alternative Realities. Monitoring of alternative right media strategies . Ed .: Amadeu Antonio Foundation . Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-940878-48-9 , pp. 28 u. 24 ( online [PDF]).
  7. ^ A b c Helena Piontek: "Volkslehrer" from Berlin. Prosecutors are bringing charges against right-wing Youtubers. In: Der Tagesspiegel . March 14, 2020, accessed March 14, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Frank Jansen : Extremists and the corona crisis in Berlin. Hope for the collapse of democracy. In: Der Tagesspiegel . March 25, 2020, accessed March 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Because of inciting videos - teachers fired without notice. In: Berliner Zeitung . May 7, 2018, accessed July 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Self-proclaimed "people's teacher" fails with legal action against dismissal. In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 16, 2019, accessed July 24, 2019 .
  11. ^ After the dismissal decision: "Volkslehrer" appeals. In: Berliner Kurier . June 25, 2019, accessed July 24, 2019 .
  12. ↑ “Volkslehrer” will no longer teach. In: Tagesspiegel.de. September 10, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ "Volkslehrer" Nikolai Nerling gives up in legal dispute. In: Märkische Allgemeine . September 10, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Martin Niewendick: When right-wing extremists turn the concentration camp memorial into their stage. In: The world . February 12, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Thomas Radlmaier: Dachau: "Volkslehrer" convicted of sedition. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 9, 2019, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Stefanie Zipfer: Before Dachau Concentration Camp: Right-wing ex-teacher shoots video - he denies the Holocaust in front of students. In: Münchner Merkur . December 10, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .
  17. ^ Stefanie Wagner, Sandra Limoncini, Jörg Skriebeleit : Open anti-Semitism in Bavarian concentration camp memorials. Interview. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk . January 23, 2020, accessed February 14, 2020 .
  18. ↑  (July 28, 2020). Among neo-Nazis: As a journalist at the people's teacher rally . Funke media group . July 31, 2020. 09:15.
  19. ↑ Peter Laudenbach, Jens-Christian Wagner : "This minority is getting louder, bigger and more aggressive". Interview. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 13, 2020, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Andrea Röpke , Andreas Speit : Völkische Landnahme. Old clans, young settlers, right-wing ecos. Links Verlag, Berlin 2019, p. 166 f.
  21. ↑ Kevin Čulina: News from the “Volkslehrer”: “I'm going already” taz.de, March 13, 2019
  22. ↑ The golden aluminum hat 2019 - the winners. The golden aluminum hat, accessed on January 4, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Nikolai Nerling: "There are also Germans at home who are committed to their homeland" SRF February 26, 2019
  24. ↑ Basler "Express newspaper" supports German neo-Nazi , Annina Häusli, Nau.ch February 27, 2020
  25. ^ "Hygiene demo" in front of the Volksbühne. Will Berlin become the center of right-wing corona protests? In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 26, 2020, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Thomas Loy, Corinna Cerruti, Christoph M. Kluge: Corona pandemic in Berlin. The relaxed rules make many forget the crisis. In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 25, 2020, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Over 100 arrests at a Berlin demonstration against Corona measures. In: The world . April 26, 2020, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Mark Siemons: Corona and Conspiracies: Are Lies in Power? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . May 3, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Nerling, Nikolai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Volkslehrer, The
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German right-wing extremist
DATE OF BIRTH 1980