VANCOUVER — A former federal Green candidate disavowed by the party after she published a self-made video denying the Holocaust is on trial in Germany for incitement of hatred.

Monika Schaefer ran unsuccessfully for the Greens in Alberta's Yellowhead riding in 2006, 2008 and 2011, but the party rejected her as a candidate in 2015 and condemned her views the next year after the video emerged.

Andrea Mayer, a spokesperson for Munich's public prosecutor's office, says Schaefer has been charged with six counts of "incitement of the people" for publishing such videos.

She says Schaefer's trial, which began July 2, is set to continue until Aug. 17 and the maximum penalty for each count is three years in prison.