THE MAKING OF A NAZI HERO: THE MURDER AND MYTH OF HORST WESSEL
Written by Daniel Siemens, David Burnett
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
in 2013
ISBN: 9781780760773
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- HISTORY (GERMAN)
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THE MAKING OF A NAZI HERO: THE MURDER AND MYTH OF HORST WESSEL
Written by Daniel Siemens, David Burnett.
Stock no. 1829796
1st UK.
2013.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Originally published in German in 2009. This is the English translation, translated by David Burnett. Horst Wessel, was a young and ambitious member of the SA, shot point-blank at his home in Berlin in 1930. This is an account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder, uncovering how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780760773. A lovely copy!
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- PART I: From Pastor's Son to Street Fighter
- 1 Murder in Friedrichshain
- 2 Father and Son
- 3 The Young National Socialist
- 4 The SA's Battle of the Streets
- 5 The Culprits Flee
- 6 Traces to Nowhere
- 7 Sensation in the Criminal Court: The First Horst Wessel Trial (1930)
- Part II: The National Socialist Hero, Profiteers and Victims (1930-1945)
- 8. Cult and Commerce
- 9. With God's Blessing
- 10. A Hero for German Youth
- 11. Monuments in Stone and Iron
- 12.Exploiting the Myth
- 13. Literary Enlightenment
- 14. Revenge of the Nazis
- 15. Judicial Murder: The Second Horst Wessel Trial (1934)
- 16. Time of Suffering
- Part III. The Long Shadow of History (1945-2009)
- 17. Post-war Justice
- 18. 'Burden Sharing'
- 19. Belated Justice
- Notes
- Archives
- Select Bibliography
- Index