Horst Wessel
The lyrics to "Horst-Wessel-Lied" were written in 1929 by "Sturmführer" Horst Wessel, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary "Brownshirts" ("Sturmabteilung" or "SA") in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. Wessel wrote songs for the SA in conscious imitation of the Communist paramilitary, the Red Front Fighters' League, to provoke them into attacking his troops, and to keep up the spirits of his men.