Horst Wessel
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title:
Horst Wessel
text:
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel 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 elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party. Wessel first joined a number of youth groups and right-wing paramilitary groups, but later resigned from them and joined the SA, the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Pa
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description:
German SA member & Nazi martyr (1907–1930)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
date created:
2004-04-25T18:11:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T16:37:02Z
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