St. Nicholas Church, Berlin
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The St. Nikolai-Kirche is the oldest church in Berlin, the capital of Germany. The church is located in the eastern part of central Berlin, the borough of Mitte. The area around the church, bounded by
St. Nicholas's fortified westwork (left) and Our Lady's Chapel (right, added 1452)
St. Nicholas Church and Nikolaiviertel from above
Horst Wessel
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Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel was a member of the Sturmabteilung, the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members
St. Nicholas Church, Berlin
…Philipp Jacob Spener was the minister from 1691 to 1705. From 1913 to 1923, the minister at the Church of St. Nicholas was Wilhelm Wessel, whose son Horst Wessel later became famous as a Nazi: the family lived in the nearby Jüdenstraße. On Reformation Day in 1938 (October 31) the church building served its…
Wessel in 1929
Wessel in his Sturmführer uniform leading an SA unit at a Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, 1929
Mug shots of Albrecht Höhler, the man arrested and later killed for Wessel's murder, wearing the new suit given to him by the Communist Party
SSS Horst Wessel in 1936