Horst Wesseln.
/hɔːst ˈvɛsəl/ Horst Wessel song n. (also Horst Wessel lied) the official anthem of the German Nazi party. Also elliptical.
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1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life x. 165 Hundreds of arms went out in the Hitler salute, hundreds of voices yelled the Horst Wessel Lied.
1968 R. Collin Locust on Wind xv. 137 This time it will be lounge suits instead of brownshirts, and no Horst Wessel while we're on television.
1968 J. Blackburn Young Man from Lima xvii. 173 The Horst Wessel song was one of the greatest hymns of hate that had ever been composed.
1969 Guardian 6 Oct. 10/6 In spite of the fears of churchmen, ‘Lay, lady, lay’ is likely to cause less damage than the ‘Horst Wessel Lied’.
1970 N.Y. Mag. 16 Nov. 35/2 Someone wondered when the cornball band..was going to..get down to the serious strains of the Horst Wessel Song.
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