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Encyclopedia > Horst Wessel Lied

The Horst Wessel Lied ("Horst Wessel Song"), also known as Die Fahne Hoch ("The flag on high", from its opening line), was the anthem of the NSDAP of Germany, chosen to glorify Horst Wessel as a Nazi martyr. Today it is still banned in Germany under Strafgesetzbuch §86 and §86a. The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Horst Wessel (September 9, 1907 in Bielefeld – February 23, 1930 in Berlin) was a German Nazi known for being the author of lyrics to the song Die Fahne hoch (Horst Wessel Lied) and for being glorified by the Nazi regime as a martyr of the early years of the movement. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for their convictions or religious faith, such as during the persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire. ... The Strafgesetzbuch is the German, Swiss and Austrian criminal Law. ...


Because the melody was used in many other songs, its origin is widely disputed. One claim states that it originally came from Étienne Méhul's opera Joseph from 1807, while others said that it was also connected with the melody of the song "How Great Thou Art", which has existed since the 1890s. Yet another theory states that the melody was from an old maritime song called "Zum letzten Mal wird der Appell geblasen". In his book Hitler -- The Missing Years, Ernst Hanfstaengl claims that the tune comes from a Viennese cabaret song at the turn of the 20th century. The original lyrics are: Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognizable opera houses and landmarks Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... From the latin maritimus, maritime refers to things relating to the sea. ... Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl (Munich, February 2, 1887 - November 6, 1975) was the only person known to have worked directly for both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler. ...


"Und als dein Aug' das meine einst erblicket
Und als mein Mund den deinen einst geküsst
Da hat die Liebe umstricket..."


translated as:


"And when your eye had once caught sight of mine
And once my mouth had given yours a kiss
Just then did love entwine..."


The anthem of the British Union of Fascists was set to the same tune. The flag of the British Union of Fascists showing the Flash and Circle symbolic of action within unity The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a political party of the 1930s in the United Kingdom. ...


The tune was parodied in the Disney animated short Der Fuehrer's Face in 1943. The melody has also been used as the theme music to the popular computer game Wolfenstein 3D in the early 1990s and in a Finnish party's (IKL) song "Luo lippujen" (To flags). In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Sheet music for the title song Der Fuehrers Face is a 1943 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck, as well as a song from that short. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is the computer game that started the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... The Finnish Patriotic Peoples Movement, Isänmaallinen kansanliike (usually abbreviated to IKL), was the successor to the semi-fascist Lapua Movement. ...


The song is played in the the The Blues Brothers (film), in the sequence with Illinois Nazi Party leader (Henry Gibson) in his HQ. The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical/comedy film, directed by John Landis and featuring on-screen musical performances by The Blues Brothers and their supporting band, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. ...


In 2005, the Alberta branch of the Royal Canadian Legion accidentally used Horst Wessel Lied as the theme music in an advertising campaign for their fundraising lottery. [1] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English Flower Wild rose Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 6th 661,848 km² 642,317 km² 19... The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian veterans organization founded in 1925 with more than 400,000 members worldwide. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. ...


See also

// Horst Wessels Song The official anthem of the Nazi Party was the Horst Wessel Lied. ... The Strafgesetzbuch is the German, Swiss and Austrian criminal Law. ...

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Germany 1933-1945 - nationalanthems.info (234 words)
Therefore it had an equal status with the "Lied der Deutschen", so in fact Nazi Germany had a double anthem, consisting of the first verse of the "Lied der Deutschen", followed by the "Horst Wessel-Lied".
Horst Wessel joined the Nazi party in in 1926.
He was killed by communists in retaliation for Wessel's organizing an attack on local communist party headquarters.
Horst Wessel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (620 words)
Wessel refused to pay rent for his girlfriend, a prostitute (according to some accounts, a former prostitute reformed by Wessel); since the landlady was herself subletting to Wessel, she feared she would lose the rights to her apartment because a prostitute was living there.
The Communists portrayed Wessel as a pimp, while the Nazis claimed he had actually saved his girlfriend from a life of prostitution by introducing her to the Nazi Party and its values.
The Berlin district of Friedrichshain, where Wessel died, was renamed Horst Wessel during the Nazi regime.
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