The trial of Björn Höcke, the ‘real boss’ of Germany’s far right

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🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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As leader of the AfD’s most radical faction, he is infamous in Germany and his critics have long accused him of using language that echoes the Nazis. This year, a court put that question to the test. By Alex Dziadosz. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:58.0	The trial of Bjernhecker, the real boss of Germany's Far Right, by Alex Jardish.
1:07.0	Bion Hucker. Bian Hooker, a former history teacher who has become arguably Germany's most successful
1:19.9	far-right politician since the Second World War has the sort of piercing deep-set eyes that,
1:26.3	depending on your perspective, can either give you the impression that he is wrestling with
1:31.0	weighty matters of life and fate or thinking up elaborate ways to kill you.
1:35.8	A philosopher statesman's eyes or as the comedian John Oliver recently called them Nazi eyes.
1:45.7	Herker 52 is not like other figures in German politics.
1:50.8	In a country where politicians often deploy dullness as a prophylactic against charges of demagoguery,
1:57.0	Herka gleefully takes a different tack.
2:00.0	In his speeches he thunders against a familiar cast of the far rights villains,
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