Björn Höcke
Björn Höcke (born 1 April 1972) is a German politician and a member of the patriotic Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party. Höcke was one of the founders of the AfD Thuringia, and became a Member of the Landtag, the state assembly of the federal state of Thuringia during the 2014 Thuringian State Elections. He is the speaker of the AfD parliamentary group, and he is the spokesman of the Thuringia Landesverband (English: Regional Association) of his party. Alexander Gauland once described Höcke as "the center of the party."[1]
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Life
Björn Höcke was born in Lünen, Westphalia. His grandparents were Germans expelled by the Soviets and Poles from East Prussia in 1945. He took his Abitur at the Rhein-Wied-Gymnasium, Neuwied, in 1991. Höcke was a former history teacher at the Rhenanus School, a comprehensive school in Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
Politics
Along with Andreas Kalbitz, Höcke was the co-leader of the AfD's ultra-conservative or national conservative "Der Flügel" faction which came under fierce attack by the Liberal-Left on several occasions. 40 percent of AfD party members in Thuringia were said to identify themselves with this faction. Following a request by the AfD executive board to dissolve "Der Flügel" by the end of April 2020, the group's online presence went offline. What has actually happened is unclear.
Höcke has called for more "Prussian virtues" and promotes natalist views, specifically the "three-child family as a political and social model." He opposes gender mainstreaming and demands an end to "social experiments" that undermine the "natural gender order." He opposes the mainstreaming of students with disabilities, calling for such students to go to separate schools, and opposes sexual education in schools, which he regards as "early sexualization of the students," and wants to "stop the dissolution of the natural polarity of the two sexes".
On the European alien mass immigration crisis, Höcke opposes Germany's asylum policy, leading regular demonstrations in Erfurt against the federal government's asylum policy, which regularly attract thousands of sympathizers. He is reported to have declared that if Europe kept on accepting alien immigrants, African "reproductive behavior" would not change.
In 2017, Höcke addressed Africans in Germany saying "for you there is no future and no home in Germany or in Europe!" In this he is echoing His Holiness The Dalai Lama who stated in Summer 2019 that "Europe should be for Europeans".
In January 2017, Höcke made a speech in Dresden in which, referring to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, he stated that "we Germans are the only people in the world who have planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital" and suggested that Germans "need to make a 180 degree change in their commemoration policy". The expected outcry and condemnations as a result of this speech were soon forthcoming and several of the AfD national hierarchy, in February 2017. called for Björn Höcke to be expelled from the party. However, justice for freedom of expression prevailed and in May 2018 an AfD tribunal ruled that he could remain in the party.[2]
Höcke opposes the Euro, favoring a return to Germany's old national currency, the Deutsche Mark (DM), but also the woke social terror of transgenderism.
Family
Höcke is married and has four children.
Quotes
- Friedland: A 16-year-old girl is thrown in front of a train and dies—that's the most likely account of Liana's death. The media's initial reaction was a smokescreen—especially from the Göttinger Tagblatt newspaper. A girl was "hit by the train," they euphemistically stated, and an "accident" was spoken of. The police warned against "false reports" on social media and threatened prosecution. The mainstream media conveyed this threat to the public. One wheel meshed with the other—as has often been observed: The alleged perpetrator is an Iraqi. As it now turns out, his asylum application was rejected in 2022, but his deportation was simply not carried out. Using multiple identities, the rejected asylum seeker was able to brazenly abuse our welfare system. A media and government failure, as has so often been the case in asylum policy since 2015. Liana K., a native of Ukraine, last lived in Bad Heiligenstadt—in my district association. The mother, desperate about the official reporting, turned to my Citizens' Office. Our local association gave the parents a voice. This rebuttal caused a media uproar. The truth is only coming to light because the victims' families are making their voices heard. Only now is a serious investigation into the events beginning. The Göttinger Tagblatt has now also begun to address this. The Göttinger Tagblatt is part of the Madsack Media Group, which also includes the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). The (socialist) SPD is the largest limited partner in the publishing company and thus also determines the political direction of its publications. We will continue to follow this case. There are still many questions to be answered. Liana will not live. A young life ended unexpectedly and unfinished—like too many before it. But her relatives have the right to honesty and truthfulness. – Facebook, 30 August 2025
- "The execution of Charlie Kirk is a disgrace for the 'free' West. Kirk was a young, peaceful family man who held a clear viewpoint, but as a Christian, he always sought encounters with those who think differently. I am appalled. My deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and children. Rest in peace." – x.com, 11 September 2025
