The Horst Wessel Lied, also known as Die Fahne Hoch (The flag on high) (from its opening line) was the anthem of the Nazi Party of Germany, chosen to glorify Horst Wessel as a Nazi martyr. It is banned in Germany under Criminal Code §86 and §86a (http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/StGB.htm#86). The Nazi swastika symbol 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 the son of a pastor who abandoned his studies of law in 1926 to join the Nazi Brownshirt paramilitary in the final days of the Weimar Republic. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

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. Disney empire The name Disney may also refer to several aspects of the entertainment empire of The Walt Disney Company: The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Pictures, the companys flagship motion picture studio Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California The Disney Channel the companys theme parks and... A poster for the cartoon Der Fuehrers Face is a 1943 animated cartoon by Walt Disney Studios starring Donald Duck, as well as a song from that short. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 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. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, the Alberta branch of the Royal Canadian Legion accidentally used the Horst Wessel Lied as the theme music in an advertising campaign for their fundraising lottery. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Strong and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Area 661,848 km² (6th)  - Land 642,317 km²  - Water 19,531 km² (2. ... The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian veterans organization founded in 1925 with more than 400,000 members worldwide. ...

Melody

Because the melody was used in many other songs, its origin is widely disputed, but it is believed that it originally came from Etienne Méhul's opera Joseph from 1807. Others said that it was also connected with the melody of the song "How Great Thou Art" since the 1990's. Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Another of those theories says that the melody was from an old sailor song called "Zum letzten Mal wird der Appell geblasen".

Related articles

• Songs of the Third Reich

Horst Wessels Song The official anthem of the Nazi Party was the Horst Wessel Lied. ...

External links

• Lyrics
• Midi file (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/%27%27Die_Fahne_Hoch%27%27.mid)
• Das Horst-Wessel-Lied - A Reappraisal (http://www.george-broderick.de/ns_docs/ns-horst_wessel_lied.doc) (in Microsoft Word DOC format)