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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).
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Apr 15, 2024 · Political Affiliation: Nazi Party. Horst Wessel (born Sept. 9, 1907, Bielefeld, Ger.—died Feb. 23, 1930, Berlin) was a martyr of the German Nazi movement, celebrated in the song “Horst Wessel Lied,” which was adopted as an anthem by Nazi Germany.
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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.
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Jun 10, 2016 · The headstrong Nazi managed to survive for more than a month but eventually succumbed to his wounds on 23 February after the bullet poisoned his blood. The most fanatical of Nazis was dead at the age of 22. Wessel marches proudly leading an SA unit in his Sturmführer uniform at a Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, 1929.
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.
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- "Die Fahne hoch" (English: "Raise the Flag")
- Horst Wessel, 1929
May 28, 2013 · On January 14, 1930, Horst Wessel, a young and ambitious member of the SA, was shot at close range and killed outside his home in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels, whose attention had already been drawn to Wessel as a possible future Nazi leader, was the first to recognize the propaganda potential of the case. "A young martyr for the Third Reich," he ...
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).
