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2025-09-12 02:35:42

In February 1930 Nazi SA leader and youth organizer Horst Wessel died after being shot. Nazi propaganda turned his funeral into a mass spectacle, elevating him as a martyr. Later, under Nazi rule, participation in mourning his death was compulsory.

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SA Member Horst Wessel Dies | Holocaust Encyclopedia

February 23, 1930. On this date, Nazi stormtrooper Horst Wessel dies after being shot and becomes a martyr in Nazi propaganda.

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