The court last month fined AfD’s Bjorn Hocke 13,000 euros for his first use of the Nazi motto.

A senior member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is back in court for knowingly using a Nazi slogan for a second time.

Bjorn Hocke went on trial on Monday on charges of using a Nazi-era phrase during a party gathering in his home state of Thuringia in December 2023. Last month, the same court fined him 13,000 euros (about $14,000) for a previous use of the slogan.

If convicted again, he could face another fine, or up to three years in jail, according to German media….