What Happened Today – September 17, 2025
Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (1907-1930), a young brownshirt in the early Nazi movement, was shot by Communist opponents during a dispute and later died from his injuries. Joseph Goebbels and the Nazi propaganda machine mythologized his life and death, elevating him into a martyr for their cause. A poem he wrote became the “Horst-Wessel … Read more