The defence in the trial of German far-right politician Björn Höcke has called for him to be acquitted of a charge that he used a prohibited Nazi slogan, on the grounds that the defendant did not know it was banned. Höcke, 52, is accused of using the slogan “Alles für Deutschland” (Everything for Germany) that was used by the Sturmabteilung (SA), or Storm Troopers, a Nazi paramilitary group commonly referred to as the “brownshirts.” Most people had forgotten the slogan, and by bringing the case the prosecution had made it known again, Höcke’s defence lawyer Ralf Hornemann told the regional cou…