Horst Wessel
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was a Nazi Party activist known for writing the lyrics to the HorstWesselLied. His death in 1930 was used by the party for propaganda purposes.
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was born onOctober in 1907 in Bielefeld, Westphalia, as the son of Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Wessel , a doctor and Lutheran minister at the Nikolai Church, one of Berlins oldest churches. Wessels mother, Bertha Luise Margarete Wessel , also came from a family of Lutheran pastors. Wessels parents were married onMay 1906. He grew up alongside his sister Ingeborg Paula Margarethe and his brother Werner Georg Erich Ludwig . The family lived in the Judenstrae , which in medieval times had been the centre of Berlins Jewish community. Wessels refusal to follow his father into the ministry was the subject of many father and son conflicts.
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