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Topic: Horst Wessel

A color guard during the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The creation of a political martyr

Mike Lofgren
Horst-Wessel, Adolf Hitler, Donald Trump and Ashli Babbitt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Twitter)

Ashli Babbitt: New Nazi martyr?

Matthew Rozsa