German court convicts prominent far-right politician of using Nazi slogan
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The verdict in Bjorn Hocke’s trial comes months before a regional election in the state of Thuringia in which he plans to run for the governor’s job.
A court has convicted one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party of using a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine.