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S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

Update: 2025-10-27
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When Horst Wessel died in 1930, he was an obscure 22-year-old member of the SA. Within months, Joseph Goebbels had elevated him into a saint of the Third Reich, complete with a theme song that would echo through rallies, classrooms, and pogroms. This episode traces how a violent street thug became the most famous Nazi martyr — and why his name still matters in extremist circles today.



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S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

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