American Satirist Gets Acquitted in Germany for Tweeting Swastikas

Published on January 26, 2024

BERLIN—American C.J. Hopkins was sitting in the dock of the Berlin Tiergarten district court on Jan. 23. He’s accused of violating Paragraph 86a of the German Criminal Code, “Use of symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations.” Mr. Hopkins is a playwright, novelist, and political satirist and has been living in Germany for more than 20 years. In August 2022, he posted two tweets with images of a mask with a swastika shining through. The image was created for the cover of his previously released book “The Rise of the New Normal Reich”—a collection of essays that criticize and satirize COVID-19 policies and restrictions....

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