Albrecht Höhler

Albrecht "Ali" Höhler was a German Communist. He was a member of the Red Front Fighters Association, the street-fighters of the Communist Party of Germany. He is known for the murder of Horst Wessel, a local leader in Berlin of the Nazi Party's SA stormtroopers. After the Nazis came to power, Höhler was taken out of prison and executed by the SA. The triggerman was the Berlin SA leader Karl Ernst.