Horst Ludwig Wessel (October 9, 1907 – February 23, 1930) was a German Nazi Party activist and an SA-Sturmführer who was made a martyr of the Nazi movement following his violent death in 1930. He was the author of the lyrics to the song "Die Fahne hoch" ("The Flag On High"), usually known as Horst-Wessel-Lied ("the Horst Wessel Song"), which became the Nazi Party anthem and, de facto, Germany's co-national anthem from 1933 to 1945. His death also resulted in his becoming the "patron" for the Luftwaffe's 26th Destroyer Wing and the 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division during World War II.
While the lyrics to "Die Fanhe Hoch!" were written by Wessel in 1927, the melody is taken from the song "Der Abenteurer" from the opera "Josef von Ägypten", written in 1807 by Etienne Mehul.
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One of the early members of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker's Party). He was eulogized as a martyr for National Socialism after dying in a brawl involving members of a rival political group. A song he had written for the party, entitled "Die Fahne Hoch (Raise High the Flag)", later known as "Das Horst Wessel Lied (The Horst Wessel Song)", became a Nazi anthem.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2008
writer: "Horst Wessel Lied"
Foyle's War
2008
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
TV Mini-Series lyrics: "Horst Wessel Song"
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
2001
Video Game lyrics: "Die Fahne Hoch"
Wolfenstein 3D
1992
Video Game writer: "Horst-Wessel-Lied"
The Blues Brothers
1980
lyrics: "Horst Wessel Lied" - uncredited
The Big Red One
1980
writer: "Horst Wessel Song" - uncredited
Voyage of the Damned
1976
writer: "Horst Wessel Song" - uncredited
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
1975
writer: "Die Fahne hoch" - uncredited
2 - I, a Woman, Part II
1968
writer: "Die Fahne hoch" uncredited, "Die Fahne hoch"
The Young Lions
1958
lyrics: "Horst Wessel Lied" - uncredited
Excellensen
1944
writer: "Die Fahne hoch!"
The Fighting Guerrillas
1943
writer: "Das Horst Wessel-Lied" - uncredited
The Big Blockade
1942
lyrics: "Horst Wessel Song" - uncredited
Triumph of the Will
1935
Documentary "Die Fanhe Hoch Raise High the Flag"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
How the Nazis Came to Power
1991
Short documentary composer: song "Die Fahne hoch"
Hitler, a Career
1977
Documentary composer: song "Die Fahne hoch"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Blutendes Deutschland
1933
Documentary short
Himself (Nazi martyr, funeral)
Known for movies
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) as Soundtrack
$8 Million
