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The making of a Nazi hero : the murder and myth of Horst Wessel / Daniel Siemens ; translated by David Burnett.

Van Pelt Library DD247.W47 S5413 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Siemens, Daniel.
Contributor:
Burnett, David.
Standardized Title:
Horst Wessel. English
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Wessel, Horst, 1907-1930.
Wessel, Horst.
Nazis--Biography.
Nazis.
Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
Germany.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xvi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
Language Note:
Translated from the German.
Contents:
Part I From Pastor's Son to Street Fighter 1
1 Murder in Friedrichshain 3
2 Father and Son 19
3 The Young National Socialist 41
4 The SA's Battle of the Streets 65
5 The Culprits Flee 78
6 Traces to Nowhere 83
7 Sensation in the Criminal Court: The First Horst Wessel Trial (1930) 93
Part II The National Socialist Hero, Profiteers and Victims (1930-1945) 105
8 Cult and Commerce 107
9 With God's Blessing 126
10 A Hero for German Youth 135
11 Monuments in Stone and Iron 145
12 Exploiting the Myth 165
13 Literary Enlightenment 178
14 Revenge of the Nazis 185
15 Judicial Murder: The Second Horst Wessel Trial (1934) 203
16 Time of Suffering 212
Part III The Long Shadow of History (1945-2009) 227
17 Post-war Justice 229
18 'Burden Sharing' 243
19 Belated Justice 247.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-306) and index.
ISBN:
9781780760773
1780760779
OCLC:
778422558

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