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{{rfc|hist}} Which of the following lede paragraphs should be used for the article on Horst Wessel?


A. Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a German street gangster and, according to some sources, a procurer of prostitutes[1][2] who became a Sturmführer ("Assault Leader"), the lowest commissioned officer rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.

B. Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a Sturmführer ("Assault Leader"), the lowest commissioned officer rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.

C. Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a German pastor's son and street fighter who became a Sturmführer ("Assault Leader"), the lowest commissioned officer rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party

Please answer A, B, or C with a brief statement in the Survey. Do not reply to other editors in the Survey. That's what the Discussion section is for.

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I beleive the lve RfC is actually here: [1]

References

  1. ^ Siemens 2013, pp. 83–87.
  2. ^ Randall, Annie J., ed. (2004). Music, Power, and Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-135-94690-6. Quote: "Historians agree that his death was also related to a quarrel in the procurer scene."