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Björn Höcke, center, chairman of the Thuringian AfD, enters the courtroom of the district court shortly before the verdict is announced after his lawyer Florian Gempe, left, in Halle, Germany, Monday July 1, 2024. Höcke was convicted for the second time Monday of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

German court convicts a prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan again

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German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Björn Höcke arrives for a session of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi phrases, at the regional court in Halle, eastern Germany, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Höecke, one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party, went on trial last Thursday on charges of using a Nazi slogan, months before a regional election in which he plans to run to become his state's governor. (Jens Schlueter/Pool Photo via AP)

A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent

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German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke, centre, attends his trial in the state court in Halle, Germany, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Bjoern Hoecke, goes on trial at the state court in Halle on charges related to his alleged use in a 2021 speech of a slogan used by the Nazis' SA stormtroopers. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool via AP)

Prominent figure in German far-right party stands trial over alleged use of Nazi slogan

By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke - Associated Press

FILE - Bjoern Hoecke, the candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party for the post of governor in the German state of Thuringia, attends elections at the state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, March 4, 2020. Prosecutors say they have charged one of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party with a second count of uttering a slogan used by the Nazis’ SA stormtroopers at a political event. Björn Höcke was already scheduled to go on trial in Halle on April 18. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

A prominent German far-right figure charged with second count of using a Nazi slogan

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A person holds a banner reading 'Fascists are no alternative for Germany' during a march in Heidelberg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 20, 2024, as part of nationwide demonstrations against right-wing extremism. ( Jason Tschepljakow/dpa via AP)

Protests against Germany’s far right gain new momentum after report on meeting of extremists

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FILE - Tino Chrupalla, right, co-leader of the 'Alternative For Germany' (AfD) party, and Alice Weidel, left, the party's second co-leader, are pictured after a news conference in Berlin Tuesday, May 25, 2021 .The prosecution office of the city of Ingolstadt has launched an investigation against “unknown persons” who allegedly assaulted Tino Chrupalla, one of the leaders of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP, File)

German prosecutors are investigating whether a leader of the far-right AfD party was assaulted

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Reports: Far-right party draws eye of German intel agency

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German far-right airs divisions over leader’s criticism

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German far-right party apologizes for racist coloring book

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Tino Chrupalla, member of the Bundestag of the AfD, stands at the party conference of the AfD (Alternative for Germany) in Brunswick, Germany, Saturday, Nov.30, 2019. (Sina Schuldt/dpa via AP)

Anti-immigration party in Germany chooses new leader

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Andreas Kalbitz the Alternative for Germany, AfD, top candidate for the regional election in the German state of Brandenburg attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. On Sunday Sept.1, 2019 regional state elections will take place in the eastern German state of Brandenburg. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Top of the polls, German politician downplays far-right past

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Germany: Israeli ambassador shuns contact with far-right AfD

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Supporters of the nationalist Alternative for Germany AfD celebrate after the state election in the German state of Hesse in Wiesbaden, western Germany, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Exit polls show Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party leading with a significant drop in support for both her conservatives and their center-left partners in the national government. (Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa via AP)

Jeremey Issacharoff, Israel ambassador, shuns Alternative for Germany (AfD)

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German far-right party members attacked after cinema visit

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In this Saturday, March 22, 2014, file photo, Bernd Lucke, a founding member and former chairman of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, party delivers his speech during a party congress in Erfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German far-right party founder: Can’t keep extremists out

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In this Monday, March 12, 2018 photo the co-chairmen of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, party, Alexander Gauland, speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

German far-right party angered by leaked report on extremism

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Far-right German party softens position on possible EU exit

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German high court throws out far-right complaint on migrants

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German prosecutors seek to lift immunity of far-right leader

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Outcry as Jews create own group in German far-right party

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press