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Horst Wessel, credited as writing the lyrics of the "Horst Wessel Song". The lyrics to "Horst-Wessel-Lied" were written in 1929 by Sturmführer Horst Wessel, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary "Brownshirts" (Sturmabteilung or "SA") in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin.
The Horst-Wessel-Lied ("Song of Horst Wessel"), also known as Die Fahne Hoch ("The Flag Raised"), was the official anthem of the NSDAP. The song was written by Horst Wessel, a party activist and SA leader, who was killed by a member of the Communist Party of Germany. After his death, he was proclaimed a "martyr" by the NSDAP, and his song ...
Wessel with his parents, 1907. Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was born on 9 October 1907 in Bielefeld, Westphalia, [2] the son of Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Wessel (born 15 July 1879), a Lutheran minister in Bielefeld, and later in Mülheim an der Ruhr, then at the Nikolai Church, [3] one of Berlin's oldest churches.
Horst Wessel Lied, the anthem of the National Socialist Party, written in 1929 and adopted in 1930 March of Ukrainian Nationalists , the anthem of the OUN , written in 1929, adopted in 1932 and adapted for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2017.
MGM paid $250 for the rights to the "Horst Wessel Song" for use in the 1938 film Three Comrades. However, with the World War II underway in 1940, the German publisher demanded script approval in return for usage of the song. [14] MGM ignored the request, and had Zador simply arrange the "Horst Wessel Lied" with English lyrics by Earl Brent. The ...
The "Sturmlied" ("Storm Song" or "Assault Song") was the de facto anthem of the SA until it was gradually supplanted by the "Horst-Wessel-Lied". History [ edit ]
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The entire crowd sings the Horst-Wessel-Lied as the camera focuses on the giant Swastika banner, which fades into a line of silhouetted men in Nazi party uniforms, marching in formation as the lyrics "Comrades shot by the Red Front and the Reactionaries march in spirit together in our columns" are sung.