Horst-Wessel-Lied
Work in Music History
Horst-Wessel-Lied has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland remarks that some Protestant churches were so close to Nazism that they sang the Horst-Wessel-Lied.
“Protestant churches, some of them are so close to Nazism, aren't they? They're kind of ring-wraith churches, yeah”
The Rest Is History: 679. Germany: The Song Hitler Stole (Part 3) (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 41:10
Holland says Goebbels rewrote the squalid story of Horst Wessel's death to create a Nazi martyr for propaganda purposes.
“Goebbels isn't going to be worried by something like that. He completely rewrites the story, turns Wessel into this kind of martyr and vehicle for Nazi PR”
The Rest Is History: 679. Germany: The Song Hitler Stole (Part 3) (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 39:19
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
679. Germany: The Song Hitler Stole (Part 3)The Rest Is History · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the history of Germany's national anthems, from Haydn's Austrian hymn through Nazi, West and East German anthems to reunification.