German Workers' Party

The German Workers' Party was a small nationalist and antisemitic political party founded in Munich in 1919. Adolf Hitler joined it that year and helped transform it into the Nazi Party.

Anton Drexler: A German locksmith and political activist who founded the German Workers' Party in Munich in 1919. Drexler founded the party and recruited Hitler after hearing him speak.
Adolf Hitler: An Austrian-born German dictator who led the Nazi Party and ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler joined the party in 1919 and soon became its most effective speaker.
National Socialist German Workers' Party: The Nazi Party, a German far-right political movement led by Adolf Hitler from the 1920s until 1945. The German Workers' Party adopted this name in 1920 as it expanded its ambitions.
German National People's Party: A conservative German nationalist party active during the Weimar Republic, often abbreviated DNVP. The DNVP was a larger conservative rival that also opposed the Weimar Republic.
Karl Harrer: A German journalist who helped establish the German Workers' Party and its predecessor, the Political Workers' Circle. Harrer helped organize the circle from which the party emerged.
Dietrich Eckart: A German journalist, poet, and political activist who became an early mentor and supporter of Adolf Hitler. Eckart supported Hitler as he rose within the party's Munich circle.
25-point Programme: The 1920 platform of the Nazi Party, combining German nationalism, antisemitism, and demands for political change. The platform gave the renamed party a public program and a sharper ideological identity.
Social Democratic Party of Germany: A German political party founded in the nineteenth century that became a major force in the Weimar Republic. The party's name invoked workers, but its nationalism and antisemitism set it against social democracy.
Political Workers' Circle: A Munich discussion group that brought together nationalist workers before the German Workers' Party was founded. The party grew out of this small circle of political discussion.
Gottfried Feder: A German engineer and political writer whose antisemitic economic ideas influenced early Nazi propaganda. Feder's lecture helped draw Hitler's attention to the party's political milieu.

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