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The incident that got got Horst killed wasn't political. It was actually kinda funny when you look back at it. Horst was a criminal himself and lived a fairly criminal lifestyle (he was a pimp and dealt with a lot of sex workers) and the communist who killed him was also a criminal. The chain of events that led to his murder was that his landlady didn't like him for not paying his rent, among other things, and hired said communist to kick him out because he refused to leave despite not paying rent. He was shot and his killers were... sentenced to 6 years!
Like wow... but they were killed by the SA after the Nazis got to power because the Nazis never had any respect for law and order.
Edit: it was manslaughter. Not murder. That explains the lesser sentence.
In short, his landlord killed him.
i'd say at times of lots of violent tension between Nazis and antifascists there is always a political aspect to such events. would a criminal Kamerad have agreed to the landlady's proposition? would i as a communist collaborate with the owning class just to bully a Nazi? maybe.
and pointing out that someone doesn't comply with all laws is irrelevant, both involved could have been in pigeon fancier circles, that wouldn't nullify the political situation and their allegiances.
ough, of course the want you to respect their order.
Wait, are we sympathizing with landlords now who have their tenants killed for non-payment of rent?
No, she was a crook, too.