The case involved Björn Höcke's use of "Everything for Germany!" in a 2021 speech. While prosecutors said he knew it was originally a Nazi slogan, Höcke claimed it was an "everyday saying".
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00:00Björn Höcke, the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, has been fined
00:0713,000 euros for using a Nazi slogan in a speech.
00:12The state court in Halle convicted Höcke of using symbols from an unconstitutional
00:17organization.
00:18The court ruled that the defendant held a speech in May 2021 at an election campaign
00:28event in Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, and used the phrase All for our Home, All for Saxony-Anhalt,
00:38All for Germany in this speech.
00:40And it was ruled that the defendant knew that in the last part of this phrase, i.e.
00:47All for Germany, he used an unconstitutional slogan from the Nazi party.
00:54Höcke argued that everything for Germany is an everyday saying.
01:00Protesters outside the court welcomed the verdict.
01:1052-year-old Höcke testified at the trial that he's completely innocent.
01:14The former history teacher described himself as a law-abiding citizen.
01:19But the prosecutor argued in closing arguments that Höcke had used Nazi vocabulary strategically
01:24and systematically in the past.