Editing Horst Wessel (section)

{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-043-14, Horst Wessel.jpg
|fullname = Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel
|occupation = Nazi Squadron Lader
|origin = Berlin, Germany
|crimes = [[Propaganda]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>
|type of villain = Nazi Propogandist
}}

{{Quote|A Christian Socialist! A man who calls out through his deeds: 'Come to me, I shall redeem you!' ... A divine element works in him. making him the man he is and causing him to act in this way and no other. One man must set an example and offer himself up as a sacrifice! Well, then, I am ready!|Excerpt from Wessel's eulogy}}

'''Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel''' (9 October 1907 - 23 February 1930) was a Berlin squadron leader in the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'', the stormtrooper unit of the [[Nazi Party]]. After his murder by members of the [[Communist Party of Germany]] in 1930, he was declared a martyr for the Nazi cause by propaganda minister [[Joseph Goebbels]], and the propaganda song [[Horst-Wessel-Lied|''Horst-Wessel-Lied'']]'' ''was published in his honour.