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Far-right AfD's Björn Höcke faces trial for Nazi slogan
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https://www.dw.com/en/far-right-afds-bj%C3%B6rn-h%C3%B6cke-faces-trial-for-nazi-slogan/a-66799856
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A German regional court says the chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Thuringia, Björn Höcke, will face trial for his alleged use of a banned Nazi slogan.
The use of Nazi symbols or propaganda outside educational and historical contexts is banned in Germany.
It is alleged that Höcke knowingly used a motto of the SA, the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party, at a speech in May 2021.
The speech took place at a party rally in front of 250 people in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
State lawmakers last week voted to strip Höcke of his parliamentary immunity over separate charges of criminal incitement.
Prosecutors allege that Höcke stirred hatred in a 2022 social media post linking Muslim immigrants to a violent incident in the southwestern city of Ludwigshafen.
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