In opposition to illegal immigration into France and Europe, Dominique Venner took his own life.

"I think I need to sacrifice myself to break the lethargy that overwhelms us" - the parting words of Dominique Venner, a French historian who shot himself, beside the altar of Notre Dame. In his letter, read by a close friend on a Catholic radio station, he said it was an act in "defence of the traditional family" and in the "fight against illegal immigration".

The leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, described it as an "eminently political gesture" from a man seeking to "re-awaken" his countrymen. Mr Venner had a long history in politics. He was jailed for his fascist sympathies in the early 60s, then a member of the Secret Army Organisation that opposed Algerian independence.

More recently he has been an outspoken critic of the government's bill on same sex marriage, which President Francois Hollande signed into law this weekend.

The 78-year-old said the bill was "vile" and was leading to the demise of the French family and what he correctly identified as the evisceration of white, formally Christian France.

Source: A Rense video, rense.com