Far-Right German Leader Charged For Nazi Slogan

April 3, 2024 Extremists, Nazis

Prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party with a second count of uttering a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers at a political event. Björn Höcke was already scheduled to go on trial in Halle on April 18. Prosecutors in the eastern city said they would seek to have the new count added to those proceedings.

In the case already scheduled for trial, Höcke is charged with using symbols of unconstitutional organizations. He is accused of ending a speech in Merseburg in May 2021 with the words “Everything for Germany!” In the new case, prosecutors allege that he repeated the offense at an AfD event in Gera, in his home state, on Dec. 12 last year, “in certain knowledge of the punishability” of the slogan.

Read the full article. You probably better know “Everything for Germany” as “Deutschland uber alles.” Per Wikipedia, Hocke has advocated striking down German laws against Holocaust denial. As I’ve previously reported, the head of the AfD is a homocon.

Björn Höcke soll erneut eine SA-Parole verwendet haben. Deshalb erhebt nun die Staatsanwaltschaft Halle Anklage gegen den Thüringer AfD-Fraktionschef. Das Verfahren wird mit einem bereits bestehenden verbunden. https://t.co/BL3anq9hue

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