Overview
- The Amtsgericht München ordered 90 day-fines at €125 each, totaling €11,250, for using symbols of an unconstitutional organization.
- The court found the Twitter/X photomontage deliberately conveyed the banned Hitler salute through its arrangement of images.
- Prosecutors sought 110 day-fines that would have constituted a prior conviction, but the court set the penalty below that threshold.
- Bystron did not attend the hearing and was represented by his attorney, who characterized the proceedings as politically motivated.
- The case reached trial after Bystron contested an earlier penalty order; the verdict is not yet final and he has one week to appeal.