What is Horst Wessel?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-043-14, Horst Wessel.jpg|thumb|Horst Wessel, photo of 1929]] '''Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel''' (9 October 1907-23 February 1930) was a member of the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]], of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party|National Socialist German Worker’s Party]] from 1926-1930 . In 1930, he was killed by a [[communist]]. As he had written the [[Horst-Wessel-Lied|Horst Wessel-Lied]], the party made him into a [[martyr]] and [[hero]] . Horst Wessel was born in 9 October 1907 in the city of [[Bielefeld]] in the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] in the [[German Empire]] (now ; [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]) . He joined the [[National Socialist|National Socialist (Nazi Party)]] in 1926 at the age of 19 he later became Sturmfuhrer of the SA the same year. In February 1930 he was killed by the [[Communist Party of Germany]] in Berlin (aged ; 22) . {{DEFAULTSORT:Wessel, Horst}} [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:1930 deaths]] [[Category:Sturmabteilung people]]