But who is Björn Höcke, the 52-year-old German history professor who sat with a happy face on April 18 in the courtroom in Halle, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt? And why should it be on the radar of anyone wanting to understand the political events of the coming months in Germany?
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This former teacher, against whom a petition signed by 1.6 million people demanding the partial loss of his civil rights, has followed the path of many leaders of the German extreme right.
