Commemoration of Horst Wessel, 1933
Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler together with Protestant clergymen at Horst Wessel's grave in the Nikolai Cemetery. Goebbels propaganda stylized Wessel as a martyr of the movement and called him the Christ Socialist, thus bringing him close to Jesus Christ. The churches, such as the Lutheran clergy here, made their contribution to this
Picture No
13335798
Media ID
48348268
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4961px x 3664px
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Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1933
