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Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After his death Joseph Goebbels turned him into a martyr for ...
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Apr 15, 2024 · Horst Wessel was a martyr of the German Nazi movement, celebrated in the song “Horst Wessel Lied,” which was adopted as an anthem by Nazi Germany. A student and low-life bohemian, Wessel joined the Nazi Party in 1926 and became a member of the SA (Storm Troopers).
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Horst Wessel was a member of the Nazi paramilitary group known as the SA. During the years of the Weimar Republic, extremist political parties in Germany frequently engaged in violence. Wessel and his group of SA men in Berlin often fought with local Communists. On January 14, 1930, a small group of Communists fatally shot Wessel.
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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 ...
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- "Die Fahne hoch" (English: "Raise the Flag")
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The Horst Wessel Song (German, Horst Wessel-Lied) was the anthem of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) and for a time, the co-anthem of Germany under Nazi rule. The tune is likely traditional but the lyrics were written by Horst Wessel, a law student turned street brawler and political radical who joined the Sturmabteilung ...
Jun 10, 2016 · Horst Wessel may not be the first name that springs to mind when studying the Nazi Party, but he is without doubt one of the most influential members of the NSDAP. A member of German National People’s Party (DNVP) youth group from the age of 15, he would happily brawl regularly with members of the SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the KPD ...
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 ...
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