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That flag seems to be used by some students associations (Burschenschaften) in Austria which are promoting pan-German ideas and whose members might take part in the Identitarian Movement as well, although the organization does not seem to promote German nationalism as such.
Tomislav Todorovic, 11 August 2018
Variant flag
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 11 August 2018
Sources:
[1] Identitarian Movement of Austria at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identit%C3%A4re_Bewegung_%C3%96sterreichs
[2] Identitarian Movement Austria at Documentation Center of Austrien Resistance (in German): http://www.doew.at/erkennen/rechtsextremismus/neues-von-ganz-rechts/archiv/mai-2014/rechtsextreme-demonstrieren-in-wien-identitaere-bewegung-oesterreich
[3] Eoch Times newspaper, German edition website: https://www.epochtimes.de/politik/deutschland/seiten-der-identitaeren-bewegung-auf-facebook-und-instagram-gesperrt-a2452578.html
[4] Kurier newspaper website: https://kurier.at/politik/inland/die-identitaeren-woher-sie-kommen-und-was-sie-wollen/212.192.093
[5] Oe24.at Web portal: http://www.oe24.at/oesterreich/politik/Rechte-Identitaere-Bewegung-errichtet-Grenzzaun/205535714
[6] Die Zeit newspaper website: https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2018-05/oesterreich-identitaere-bewegung-fuehrung-spitze-anklage-volksverhetzung
[7] Tichys Einblick magazine website: https://www.tichyseinblick.de/kolumnen/alexander-wallasch-heute/staatanwaltschaft-graz-erhebt-anklage-gegen-identitaere-bewegung/
[8] Salzburg24 Web portal: http://www.salzburg24.at/stichwort-identitaere-bewegung-oesterreich/5295195
[9] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung website: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/graz-viele-freisprueche-im-prozess-gegen-identitaere-bewegung-15709314.html
[10] Flickr - Photo album from the rally of Identitarian Movement of Austria in Vienna on 2016-06-11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ast_westmecklenburg/sets/72157667051482834/
emanzipatorisch - radikal - widerständig
Damals wurde das Neonazi-Forum „Alpen-Donau.info“ verboten und drei der Betreiber, unter ihnen Gottfried Küssel und Felix Budin, zu langjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt.
The initiative, funded by over €150,000 in crowdfunding, aimed to document and publicize operations by non-governmental organizations involved in migrant rescues, which participants accused of facilitating illegal entries and creating incentives for further crossings. This doctrine, drawn from Nouvelle Droite influences, posits that true diversity arises from separation, not coexistence, and warns that ignoring natural affinities leads to conflict, as seen in their campaigns against the "Great Replacement"—a term they use to describe policy-driven population exchanges threatening European majorities.[21][27]
Organization and Leadership
Structure and Internal Operations
The Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) maintains a hierarchical organizational model inspired by ancient Spartan terminology, with "Hopliten" forming the eliteleadership cadre at the top, led by an "erster Hoplit" selected through unanimous consensus among peers.[32] Hopliten are required to align their personal lives entirely with movement goals, forgoing conventional employment or "bürgerliches Leben" to ensure undivided commitment.[32] Below them rank "Spartiaten," primarily individuals under 30 who serve as the operational "Fäuste" (fists) of the group, focusing on direct actions like demonstrations.[32] The base consists of "Sympathisanten," passive supporters with no formal duties or rights, who may contribute via affiliated support associations (Fördervereine).[32]Internal operations emphasize physical and tactical preparedness, mandating weekly training sessions in sports such as boxing and "Demotraining" to equip members for security roles and protests.[32] The group aspires to a professional non-governmental organization (NGO)-style framework, including plans for salaried personnel to handle logistics, media, and campaigns aimed at influencing public discourse through symbolic actions and online amplification.[32] Funding sustains these activities via Fördervereine, which collected over €700,000 since the group's 2012 founding, while internal reports indicate around 75 members possessed legal firearms for self-defense purposes as of assessments around 2017.[32]Following raids in 2017 and subsequent 2019 classification by Austrian authorities as a right-wing extremist entity, the IBÖ dissolved its formal registered association to evade restrictions, transitioning to a decentralized, loose network of activists coordinated via informal channels and social media.[33] This adaptation preserves core hierarchies and training protocols but reduces centralized liability, enabling continued operations through ad-hoc cells and external alliances for lobbying and event support.[33][32]Key Figures and Roles
Martin Sellner has been the leading figure and spokesperson of the Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) since its early development, overseeing strategic direction, public communications, and major initiatives such as protests and media operations.Sellner, a prominent IBÖ figure, detailed a "remigration masterplan" in presentations and publications, proposing phases starting with voluntary incentives like financial aid for return, followed by administrative barriers such as citizenship denial, and culminating in enforced deportation for those posing security or integration risks.
In practice, the group has mobilized protests, such as the August 2025 Vienna rally attended by hundreds demanding "remigration now" to counter perceived policy failures in integration, where data shows over 50% of non-EU migrants reliant on welfare after five years.
Identitäre Bewegung Österreich
The Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) is a nationalist organization founded in 2012 in Austria, operating as the domestic affiliate of the pan-European Identitarian movement and drawing inspiration from the French Bloc Identitaire.[1] It advocates for the protection of European ethnic and cultural identity through policies opposing mass non-European immigration, promoting ethnopluralism—the separation of distinct peoples to preserve their unique heritages—and calling for the remigration of individuals deemed incompatible with host societies.[2] Guided primarily by Martin Sellner as its spokesperson from 2015 until 2023, the group has engaged in high-visibility actions including street demonstrations, symbolic occupations of public spaces like mosques and universities, and online campaigns utilizing memes and social media to disseminate its message on demographic preservation.[3] While Austrian state security reports classify IBÖ as a right-extremist entity amid broader institutional scrutiny often influenced by prevailing ideological frameworks in academia and media, its core arguments align with observable trends in immigration-related crime statistics and cultural shifts documented in official data.[1] Notable incidents include a 2018 donation from the Christchurch mosque shooter to Sellner, which was disclosed to authorities, and ongoing legal challenges over public assemblies that underscore tensions between free expression and state restrictions on nationalist expression.[4]
History
Founding and Initial Formation
The Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) was formally founded on August 31, 2012, through the registration of the association "Verein zur Erhaltung und Förderung der kulturellen Identität," assigned ZVR number 380600847 by Austrian authorities.[5] This establishment marked the Austrian adaptation of the broader Identitarian movement, directly inspired by the French Génération Identitaire, which had gained prominence earlier in Europe for its cultural preservation activism.[6]Initial leadership roles were filled by figures emerging from Austrian nationalist circles: Alexander Markovics served as chairman from 2012 to 2015, Julian Bauer as deputy chairman from 2012 to 2013, and Martin Sellner as the association's initial treasurer before ascending to federal leadership.[5] The group's formation responded to heightened legal scrutiny on overt neo-Nazi activities in Austria post-2010, shifting toward a strategy emphasizing cultural identity, media outreach, and youth-oriented aesthetics to broaden appeal beyond traditional far-right fringes, as documented by monitoring organizations.[5]Early efforts concentrated on building visibility through social media, press releases, and pop-cultural initiatives, including the launch of the Phalanx Europa online store by Sellner and Patrick Lenart to distribute Identitarian merchandise and literature.[5] These activities laid the groundwork for symbolic actions and networked events, positioning IBÖ as a vanguard for Europeanidentity preservation against perceived threats from mass immigration and multiculturalism.[6]Growth During the Migration Crisis
The 2015 European migration crisis, marked by a surge of over 88,000 asylum applications in Austria—more than triple the 28,000 recorded in 2014—created heightened public debate over border controls and cultural preservation, providing a catalyst for the Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) to expand its outreach and activism.[7] The group, founded in 2012, shifted emphasis toward anti-immigration campaigns, framing mass inflows as a threat to national identity and security.Auf ihrer Website präsentiert sich die Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) als patriotische Nichtregierungsorganisation, die sich über Parteigrenzen hinweg für den Erhalt der kulturellen Identität einsetzt. This conception frames identity preservation as a defensive imperative against existential threats posed by demographic shifts, emphasizing the right of peoples to maintain homogeneous homelands without dilution through external influences.[20][21]Central to this principle is the advocacy for ethnopluralism, a framework asserting that distinct ethnic groups thrive by preserving their unique characteristics in separated territories, rejecting multiculturalism as a mechanism that erodes native identities via intermixing and assimilation pressures.
Considering the frequency of appearing on the photos available online, the first of these variants might be used more than the latter. Jeder kleine Ort in Europa wird leider nicht verschont von den Konsequenzen des Bevölkerungsaustauschs.»
Die Identitäre Bewegung Österreich (IBÖ) bekam im Herbst 2024 Aufwind, als die Rechts-Partei FPÖ in Österreich die Wahlen gewann.
Ein Teil ihrer Strategie sind Aktionen durch die sie sich mediale Berichterstattung erhoffen. Martin Sellner gehört, kam aus diesem Milieu.
Es kann also auch als strategische Entscheidung angesehen werden, dem Neonazismus den Rücken zu kehren. Dabei versucht sie sich inhaltlich vom Nationalsozialismus und der "Alten Rechten" abzugrenzen.
Bei diesen Aktionen werden vor allem vermeintlich linke Institutionen angegriffen, die nicht in ihr Weltbild passen. Die völkisch-rechtsextreme und menschenfeindliche Ideologie bleibt aber im Kern dieselbe.
So wird aus der alten neonazistischen Parole „Ausländer raus!“ das Konzept des „Ethnopluralismus" und aus der Forderung nach Deportationen die Forderung nach "Remigration".
Auch die theoretischen Bezüge der "Neuen Rechten" sind keineswegs neu: Sie reichen von Armin Mohler und seiner „Konservativen Revolution“ über Ernst Jünger, Carl Schmitt, Julius Evola und Martin Heidegger – allesamt Autoren, die dem Nationalsozialismus und Faschismus nicht nur wichtige Stichworte lieferten, sondern sich auch selbst in diese Politik verstrickten.
Symbolverbot und Aktivitäten
2019 wurde bekannt, dass Martin Sellner und die „Identitäre Bewegung Österreich“ eine erhebliche Spende vom Christchurch-Attentäter erhielten, der im März 2019 51 Menschen ermordet hatte.
Für viele rechtsextreme Gruppen ist Wien ein beliebter Treffpunkt geworden.
Auch Schweizer Beteiligung
Wie in den vergangenen Jahren nahmen auch rechtsextreme Gruppen aus Deutschland, Italien und der Schweiz teil. Einige dieser Protest-Demonstranten blockierten den rechten Aufmarsch bereits nach wenigen Metern und riefen «Nazis raus!». In 2024, he was slated to address a U.S.
conference linked to white supremacist networks, underscoring attempts to export Austrian Identitarian ideas transatlantically despite frequent restrictions.[49][50][51]These engagements reflect a strategy of ideological diffusion and alliance-building, though they have provoked bans and scrutiny from European governments, with sources like domestic intelligence reports classifying such networks as potential vectors for radicalization.
Wir haben das korrigiert und entschuldigen uns dafür.
Tagesschau, 26.07.2025, 19:30 Uhr
Identitarian Movement Austria
Identit�re Bewegung �sterreich
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 11 August 2018
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The Party
Identitarian Movement Austria (Identit�re Bewegung �sterreich), sometimes spelled Identitarian Movement of Austria (Identit�re Bewegung �sterreichs), was founded in 2012.