The making of a Nazi hero : the murder and myth of Horst Wessel
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The making of a Nazi hero : the murder and myth of Horst Wessel
AUTHOR:
Siemens, Daniel.
Burnett, David.
ISBN:
9781780760773
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Horst Wessel. English
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xvi, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Translated from: Horst Wessel.
ABSTRACT:
Daniel Siemens here provides a fascinating and gripping account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder and uncovers how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. At the same time it is a portrait of the Nazi propaganda machine at its most effective and most chilling.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT_TERM:
GEOGRAPHIC_TERM:
LANGUAGE_546:
Translated from the German.
SUBJECT:
| Nazis -- Biography. |
| Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. |
| Wessel, Horst, 1907-1930. |
BIBSUMMARY:
Daniel Siemens here provides a fascinating and gripping account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder and uncovers how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. At the same time it is a portrait of the Nazi propaganda machine at its most effective and most chilling.