Björn Höcke, who chairs far-right party in Thuringa state, is accused of intentionally using SA slogan in 2021
A leading member of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is to stand trial charged with using a banned Nazi phrase.
Under German law the use of slogans, propaganda and symbolism linked to anti-constitutional organisations such as the Nazi party or other terrorist organisations, is banned in all but historical and educational contexts. Another AfD politician is under investigation for having used the “Everything for Germany” slogan on an election campaign poster before Bavarian elections on 8 October. The move was condemned by Stephan Protschka, the head of the party in the southern state, who said: “There are certain phrases that simply shouldn’t be used, and ‘Everything for Germany’ is among them.”
Last week, legislators voted in favour of removing Höcke’s parliamentary immunity over separate charges of criminal incitement after prosecutors alleged he had incited racial hatred in 2022 when he linked Muslim immigrants with a violent attack in the south-west city of Ludwigshafen. In 2018, he referred to the Holocaust memorial in central Berlin as a “monument of shame”. He has previously said Germany had to perform a “180 degree turn” in terms of how it recalled its past, suggesting a more positive, celebratory take on its history was required.
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