Panel 1:
HORST WESSEL WAS A YOUNG STORM TROOPER RECOGNIZED AS A SKILLED PUBLIC SPEAKER BY THE NAZI PARTY. HE ALSO WROTE THE SONG THAT BECAME THE PARTY'S ANTHEM, AND THEN THE GERMAN CO-NATIONAL ANTHEM UNTIL 1945.
(Image of brownshirts marching.)
Panel 2:
IN 1930, HIS LANDLADY HIRED TWO MEN WHO HAPPENED TO BE COMMUNISTS TO EVICT HIM OVER UNPAID RENT AND ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING. HE DIED IN THE FIGHT.
(Image of Horst Wessel)
Panel 3:
GOEBBELS, THE NAZI CHIEF PROPAGANDIST, HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TURN INTO A CHRISTIAN MARTYR FOR THE PARTY AND DRUM UP ENROLLMENT. HE TURNED WESSEL'S FUNERAL INTO A MAJOR PROPAGANDA EVENT FULL OF SPEECHES ANTAGONIZING LEFTISTS.
(Image of Goebbels speaking before a crowd)
Panel 4:
THINKING ABOUT HIM TODAY FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON
(Image of Charlie Kirk funeral celebration)