A former investment analyst who is raising two sons with her Sri Lankan-born wife in Switzerland ... and they are ideologically very close to Bjorn Hocke,” Ms Muller said, referring to an ...

One of its most prominent figures, Bjorn Hocke, has been fined for using a banned Nazi-era slogan – Alles fur Deutschland. Eyebrows have been raised as some AfD supporters have reportedly since ...

Sections of the AfD have been classified as right-wing extremist by domestic intelligence. One of its most prominent figures, Bjorn Hocke, has been fined for using a banned Nazi-era slogan – Alles fur ...

Its leader in Thuringia state, Bjorn Hocke, once described Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial as a “monument of shame” and has twice been fined by the courts for using Nazi-era slogans. And in ...

[SPEAKING GERMAN] [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] I know it’s subtle, but AfD’s Bjorn Hocke might sound a bit Hitleresque, which is French for ‘slightly concerning.’ Hocke recently won a state election ...

Meanwhile, Bjorn Hocke, one of the most controversial figures in the AfD party and a former history teacher, has faced criticism for using Nazi terminology in his speeches. His views have also ...

Germany is preparing for high-stakes elections, amid fears that far-right sentiment rising while migration policies sit at the centre of political debate, as reported by Al Jazeera reported.

Last year, party co-founder Bjorn Hocke was fined for using a favourite Nazi warcry – ‘Everything for Germany!’ – at a public rally, having been fined for the very same thing in 2021.

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At the same time, the party has shown sympathy for Germany’s Nazi past. Bjorn Hocke, AfD’s leader in the eastern state of Thuringia, has twice been fined by a court for using the banned slogan ...