Evangelical pastors called him a “modern-day MLK” and an Orthodox rabbi dubbed him “the Abraham of our times.”But in some corners of the internet, a different name surfaced: Horst Wessel. Some on the far left warned that Trump could use Kirk’s death to consolidate power, just as Hitler had with Wessel’s death. Who was Horst Wessel? Wessel made a name for himself convincing working class people to join the Nazi Party, Siemens said in an interview. The “Horst Wessel Song” became the official anthem of the Nazi Party and later the German co-national anthem.