Horst-Wessel-Lied

Horst-Wessel-Lied
English: 'Horst Wessel Song'
	Horst-Wessel-Lied postcard with lyrics
	Former co-national anthem of Nazi Germany
Also known as	„Die Fahne hoch!“ (English: 'The Flag on High!')
Lyrics	Horst Wessel, 1929
Published	1929
Adopted	1933
Relinquished	1945
Preceded by	„Deutschlandlied“ (as sole national anthem)
Succeeded by	„Ich hab' mich ergeben“ (by West Germany); „Auferstanden aus Ruinen“ (by East Germany); „Land der Berge, Land am Strome“ (by Austria);
Audio sample
	1936 vocal rendition file; help;

Instrumental rendition in B-flat major

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The "Horst-Wessel-Lied" (German: [hɔʁst ˈvɛsl̩ liːt] ^ⓘ), also known by its incipit "Die Fahne hoch" ('The Flag Raised High'), was the anthem of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1945. From 1933 to 1945, the Nazis made it the co-national anthem of Germany, along with the first stanza of the "Deutschlandlied".^[1]

The "Horst-Wessel-Lied" has been banned in Germany and Austria since the end of World War II unless for artistic or educational purposes.

^ Geisler, Michael E. "In the Shadow of Exceptionalism" in Geisler, Michael E. (ed.) National Symbols, Fractured Identities: Contesting the National Narrative UPNE (2005). p. 71

[1] Geisler, Michael E. "In the Shadow of Exceptionalism" in Geisler, Michael E. (ed.) National Symbols, Fractured Identities: Contesting the National Narrative UPNE (2005). p. 71

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