Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (1907 - 1930)

Born 9 Oct 1907 in Bielefeld, Westphalia, Germany

Died 23 Feb 1930 at age 22 in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany

Biography

Horst Wessel is Notable.

Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was born October 9, 1907 in Bielefeld, Westphalia, Germany. He was the son of Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Wessel and Bertha Luise Margarete Richter.

He was a Berlin leader of the Nazi Party's "stormtroopers" – the Sturmabteilung or "SA" – who was best known for being made into a martyr for the Nazi cause by Joseph Goebbels after Wessel's murder in 1930.

Wessel died February 23, 1930 in Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany.

His funeral was filmed and used for propaganda purposes.^[1]

Wessel was buried with his father in Sankt Marien- und Sankt Nikolai Friedhof I, Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow, Berlin, Germany

In 2000, the grave was desecrated and a skull was allegedly excavated and thrown into the Spree. It is uncertain if it was Ludwig's skull or Horst'.

Sources

1. ↑ Horst Wessels letzte Fahrt. 1. März 1930

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22156/horst-wessel : accessed 29 October 2021), memorial page for Horst Wessel (9 Oct 1907–23 Feb 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #22156, citing Sankt Marien- und Sankt Nikolai Friedhof I, Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow, Berlin, Germany ; Maintained by Find a Grave .