# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horst-wessel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:54.931Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horst-wessel"
name: "Horst Wessel"
slug: "horst-wessel"
description: "Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). After his death, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party."
tagline: "SA officer (1907-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1978-043-14%2C_Horst_Wessel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1907-10-09"
deathDate: "1930-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump