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Germany’s Bjoern Hoecke goes on trial charged with using Nazi slogan

Germany’s Bjoern Hoecke goes on trial charged with using Nazi slogan

18 april 2024 Published by
Germany’s Bjoern Hoecke goes on trial charged with using Nazi slogan

Bron: www.jpost.com
Israël , 2024-04-18 09:38:36 , JPost.com – Homepage

A leading member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party appeared in court on Thursday charged with using a banned slogan used by the Nazi party’s paramilitary wing.

Bjoern Hoecke, head of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, which holds an election in September, is part of the nationalist wing of the AfD, officially designated by the domestic intelligence agency as ‘rightwing extremist’.

A few dozen protesters gathered outside the courtroom in the eastern city of Halle, holding placards with the words: “Bjoern Hoecke is a Nazi” before he arrived in the courtroom dressed in a dark suit and white shirt.

Prosecutors say Hoecke ended a campaign speech in the eastern town of Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!”. This phrase is banned in Germany as it was a slogan used by Hitler’s SA stormtroopers.

His lawyers argue he did not know the words were banned, and Hoecke himself, a history teacher, said last week in a television debate he was unaware of the origin of the phrase.

German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke looks on in the courtroom on the day of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi vocabulary during a speech in May 2021, at the regional court in the major city of Halle, Germany April 18, 2024.. (credit: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool)

He has also been charged with using the term at a party event in Dec. 2023 in Gera.

Possible prison sentence on the horizon

If convicted, Hoecke would face a fine or possibly a prison sentence. The trial is set to continue until at least mid-May.

The AfD, second in most national polls behind the opposition conservative bloc, has faced scrutiny since reports in January that some senior party figures had discussed the deportation of people with non-ethnic German backgrounds at a meeting.






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