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The death of Wessel and the proliferation of the "Horst Wessel Song" was an extension of the Nazi cult of martyrs, which included Freikorps member Leo Schlageter and the 15 Nazis and one bystander killed in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, who were reburied in Munich with great fanfare on 8 November 1935.
On January 14, 1930, a small group of Communists fatally shot Wessel. The group may have been motivated by personal as well as political reasons. Wessel died on February 23. Nazi propaganda mythologized details of Wessel’s death and turned him into the party’s most famous martyr.
May 14, 2024 · Almost everyone involved in the shooting of Horst Wessel was eventually killed by the Nazis. In 1930, Höhler was sentenced to six years of hard labour for manslaughter. But as soon as the Nazis were put in power, they took Höhler from prison and murdered him in a Brandenburg forest.
The " Horst-Wessel-Lied " ("Horst Wessel Song"; German: [hɔʁst ˈvɛsl̩ liːt] ⓘ ), also known by its opening words " Die Fahne hoch " ("Raise the flag", lit.'The flag high' ), was the anthem of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the de-facto co-national anthem of Nazi Germany, along with the ...
Horst Wessel was born October 9, 1907, in Bielefeld, Germany. The son of a pastor, Wessel dropped out of law school in 1926 and defied his mother by joining the Nazi Brownshirt paramilitary in the final days of the Weimar Republic. He soon caught the attention of Joseph Goebbels, who sent him to Vienna in 1928 to organize the Nazi youth ...
Oct 25, 2013 · Regardless of the motivations of the participants, there is no doubt that Wessel died of his wounds on 23 February 1930, becoming arguably the most important martyr to the Nazi cause. Issue Section: Book Review. You do not currently have access to this article.
Höhler was initially sentenced to six years in prison but was forcibly taken out of jail and killed by the SA after the Nazis came to power. Wessel's funeral was given wide attention in Berlin, with many of the Nazi elite in attendance. After his death, he became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany.
