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In what year was Horst Wessel murdered?

  • 1928

  • 1931

  • 1930

  • 1932

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Horst Wessel, a prominent Nazi SA stormtrooper, was assassinated in 1930 by a communist named Albrecht Höhler. Wessel's death was widely publicized and exploited by the Nazi propaganda machine to portray him as a martyr and symbol of the struggle against communism. This helped galvanize support for the Nazi Party and contributed to their rise to power in Germany.
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