“One of the most prominent regional leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, on trial for using a Nazi slogan, said in court on Tuesday he did nothing wrong and never violated any laws,” Bloomberg reports.
“Bjoern Hoecke, the head of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, was charged for using the catchphrase ‘Alles für Deutschland’ — everything for Germany — in a speech at a party rally in May 2021. The slogan was used by militant arm of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party in the 1920s and early 1930s.”
“Hoecke said in a defense statement on Tuesday he wasn’t aware the slogan was used by Nazis. Just because he is a history teacher by training doesn’t mean he knows each and every historic fact, he added. He said he despises the Nazi ideology and any form of dictatorship.”
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