Horst Wessel
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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, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party.
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Horst Ludwig Wessel (1907–1930) was a German politician born in Bielefeld. He held citizenship in the German Empire and was a member of the Nazi Party and the Sturmabteilung. Wessel received the Golden Party Badge. He died in Berlin, with his manner of death recorded as homicide.
Open Library lists Wessel as an author with 13 works. His top works include *Logik und Sprache der Physik*, *Entwicklungstendenzen nichtklassischer Logiken und Probleme ihrer Geschichtsschreibung*, *Grundlagen der Logik Von Wertungen*, *Logische Probleme der Realisierbarkeits- und Unendlichkeitsbegriffe*, and *Terminigebrauch und Folgebeziehung*. He spoke German.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Logik und Sprache der Physik
- Entwicklungstendenzen nichtklassischer Logiken und Probleme ihrer Geschichtsschreibung
- Grundlagen der Logik Von Wertungen
- Logische Probleme der Realisierbarkeits- und Unendlichkeitsbegriffe
- Terminigebrauch und Folgebeziehung
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1907
- Active to
- 1930
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Key facts
- Born
- Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel , ( 1907-10-09 ) 9 October 1907, Bielefeld , German Empire
- Died
- 23 February 1930 (1930-02-23) (aged 22), Berlin , Weimar Republic
- Cause of death
- Blood poisoning contracted during treatment for a gunshot wound
- Occupation
- SA-Sturmführer
- Organization
- Sturmabteilung (SA)
- Political party
- Nazi Party (1926–30)
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Encyclopedic overview
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, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party.
Wessel first joined a number of youth groups and extreme right-wing paramilitary groups, but later resigned from them and joined the SA, the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. He rose to command several SA squads and districts. On 14 January 1930, he was shot in the head by two Communists after pub owner Elisabeth Salm attempted to evict Wessel from a subleased room as Wessel refused to move out despite overdue rent payments. Albrecht "Ali" Höhler was arrested and charged with his murder. Höhler was initially sentenced to six years in prison but was forcibly removed from jail and killed by the SA in September 1933, nine months after the Nazis came to power.
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