HALLE, Germany — A court ruled on Tuesday that one of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party knowingly used a Nazi slogan in a speech and ordered him to pay a fine ...

Former history teacher Bjorn Hocke, 52, is the leader of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, and a powerful figure on the party's hard right. On Thursday, the opening day of the trial that ...

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 ...