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 …

Feb 19, 2026 · Horst Wessel (born September 9, 1907, Bielefeld, Germany—died February 23, 1930, Berlin) was a martyr of the German Nazi movement, celebrated in the song “Horst Wessel Lied,” …

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 …

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.

May 14, 2024 · Horst Wessel was shot in his apartment in 1930. Years later, the exact motive for his murder is still unclear.

(Lift the Flag!) - the Horst-Wessel-Lied ( Horst Wessel Song ), a Nazi fighting song. After World War II, the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany had difficulty deciding on a national...

The lyrics to "Horst-Wessel-Lied" were written in 1929 by Sturmführer Horst Wessel, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary "Brownshirts" (Sturmabteilung [SA]) in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, …

Horst Wessel was a prominent figure in early Nazi Germany, known for his fervent nationalism and involvement in the party's youth movements.

February 23, 1930, Berlin, Germany) joined the Nazi party in in 1926. He was killed by political enemies in a fight in his rooms in Berlin. Glorified as a martyr to the Nazi cause, his song became the offical …

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 …