Politics · Germany · 12 hrs ago
Court issues €9,000 penalty order against Diether Dehm over SS slogan
A Berlin court issued a penalty order against Diether Dehm for repeating an SS slogan.
The former German lawmaker said the words during an October 2025 interview with Björn Höcke, the head of the AfD in Thuringia, on a local TV station in Erfurt.
The slogan, “Everything for Germany,” was used by Höcke during a 2021 election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt, and Höcke was convicted over its use.
Dehm repeated it while expressing solidarity with Höcke.
The order sets a fine of 60 daily payments of €150, totalling €9,000.
Dehm has objected, so the order is not legally final; he has not publicly commented on the case.
Dehm has also promoted closer ties between the AfD and the BSW party in Saxony-Anhalt.
A Berlin court has issued a penalty order against former lawmaker Diether Dehm for repeating an SS slogan.
The order requires him to pay €9,000, calculated as 60 daily payments of €150.
Dehm has filed an objection, so the order is not legally final.
The case concerns an October 2025 interview in which Dehm repeated the slogan while expressing solidarity with Björn Höcke.
- Who
- Diether Dehm, a former member of the German parliament.
- What
- A court issued a penalty order requiring him to pay €9,000 for using a slogan associated with the SS.
- When
- The order was reported on October 17, 2026. The interview at issue took place in October 2025.
- Where
- The order was issued by Berlin’s Tiergarten District Court; the interview was with a local TV station in Erfurt.
- Why
- Dehm repeated the slogan “Everything for Germany” during an interview about Höcke’s conviction for using it.
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Dehm and Björn Höcke appeared together in an interview with a local TV station in Erfurt, where Dehm repeated the slogan.
Reports said Berlin’s Tiergarten District Court had issued a penalty order against Dehm.
Dehm had filed an objection, leaving the order not legally final.
- Penalty
- €9,000
- Daily payments
- 60 payments of €150
- Court
- Berlin’s Tiergarten District Court
- Interview
- October 2025, with Björn Höcke
- Location of interview
- Erfurt
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Everything for Germany