Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

Discussions on the role played by and situation of women in the Third Reich not covered in the other sections. Hosted by Vikki.
User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#1

Post by Helge » 04 Dec 2014, 12:32

Erna Jänicke.

I suspect that the girl hugging Horst Wessel both she.
Attachments
SZG00008316.jpg
SZG00008316.jpg (63.2 KiB) Viewed 11114 times
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

J. Duncan
Member
Posts: 3767
Joined: 02 Aug 2008, 11:22

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#2

Post by J. Duncan » 05 Dec 2014, 21:59

Helge
Awesome photo but I suspect that is Wessel's sister and brother (not Erna). Wessel's sister wrote a book about her brother Horst and the younger brother also joined the SA.
Wessel looks much younger in this photo than when he was in the SA. I think he is a teenager here posing for a family portrait.


User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#3

Post by Helge » 05 Dec 2014, 23:21

Horst Wessel Family

Luise Margarete (nee Richter)
Horst Ludwig Wessel
Werner Wessel
Ingeborg Wessel
Wilhelm Ludwig Georg Wessel
Attachments
Horst Wessel family.jpg
Horst Wessel family.jpg (14.86 KiB) Viewed 11028 times
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#4

Post by Helge » 05 Dec 2014, 23:25

J. Duncan wrote:Helge
Awesome photo but I suspect that is Wessel's sister and brother (not Erna). Wessel's sister wrote a book about her brother Horst and the younger brother also joined the SA.
Wessel looks much younger in this photo than when he was in the SA. I think he is a teenager here posing for a family portrait.

That girl was older than Horst?

The title of the book written by Ingeborg is "Mein Bruder Horst"
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

J. Duncan
Member
Posts: 3767
Joined: 02 Aug 2008, 11:22

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#5

Post by J. Duncan » 05 Dec 2014, 23:43

Werner was the one who also joined the SA. I'm not certain Helge- it's hard to tell really if that young woman is older or younger...all 3 of them look very young in that particular photo. Horst definitely looks younger than the time he was a storm troop leader. Pre-SA I'd say.

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#6

Post by Helge » 06 Dec 2014, 00:18

Werner Wessel was killed in a snow storm in the mountains (22 December 1929) two months before his brother Horst.

In this photograph Horst is 17 years old.
Attachments
00002b91_big.jpeg
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

J. Duncan
Member
Posts: 3767
Joined: 02 Aug 2008, 11:22

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#7

Post by J. Duncan » 06 Dec 2014, 09:57

Horst is 10 years old...sources date above photo 1917.

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#8

Post by Helge » 06 Dec 2014, 10:19

J. Duncan wrote:Horst is 10 years old...sources date above photo 1917.

Duncan thanks for the correction. I confused the year of photography with the age of Horst.
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

User avatar
Wesselrin
Member
Posts: 9
Joined: 19 Sep 2015, 20:33
Location: France

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#9

Post by Wesselrin » 19 Sep 2015, 21:03

Amazing photography. Horst was the elder in the family

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#10

Post by Helge » 10 Oct 2015, 19:15

Wessel Ingeborg
Mein Bruder Horst - Ein Vermaechtnis

You can download the book

https://archive.org/details/Wessel-Inge ... rmaechtnis
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#11

Post by Helge » 10 Oct 2015, 19:21

This is the original cover of the book.
Attachments
4376.jpg
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

User avatar
Eschenbach
Member
Posts: 27
Joined: 21 Jul 2015, 06:53
Location: North America

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#12

Post by Eschenbach » 21 Oct 2015, 19:40

How did Werner Wessel die? Was he murdered?

User avatar
Helge
Member
Posts: 1696
Joined: 12 Jun 2010, 08:09
Location: Finland
Contact:

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#13

Post by Helge » 21 Oct 2015, 21:24

Eschenbach wrote:How did Werner Wessel die? Was he murdered?
Frozen to death after getting lost in the mountains while out skiing.*

* Anthony Read - The Devil's Disciples- Page 187
Sota ei päätä kuka on oikeassa, vain sen että kuka on jäljellä.
War does not decide who is right but only those who are left.

User avatar
alexWong
Member
Posts: 129
Joined: 28 Jun 2009, 20:18
Location: Hong Kong SAR

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#14

Post by alexWong » 22 Oct 2015, 17:11

Ingeborg Wessel writes in her book "My Brother Horst-A Legacy" (1933). That their brother Werner Wessel was killed in a snow storm in the mountains during 1929 and was laid to rest in the family grave at the Nicolai cemetery, Werner Wessel died on 22nd December 1929, two months before his brother Horst.
http://bills-bunker.de/231101.html

User avatar
Wesselrin
Member
Posts: 9
Joined: 19 Sep 2015, 20:33
Location: France

Re: Erna Jänicke: Horst Wessel girlfriend.

#15

Post by Wesselrin » 29 Oct 2015, 20:11

Is this picture from Ingeborg's book Mein Bruder Horst ? If not, does anyone knows from where is it from ?

Post Reply

Return to “Women in the Reich”