Adolf Hitler and the DAP-

A detailed Summary of Adolf Hitler and the DAP-

The German Workers' Union was conceived by Anton Drexler on

the seventh of March, 1918. Drexler's union consisted of about forty

members, most of whom were railwaymen, that were banded together by

shared sentiments of fierce nationalism, anti-Semitism, and support

for the war effort. Previous to the end of World War I, this small

union carried the rather verbose title of the "Free Labor Committee

for a Good Peace." At this time the organization adhered to a rather

straightforward program-"Strikers, Bolsheviks, Jews, malingerers, and

war profiteers were the enemy, and it was the duty of the workers to

unite behind the war effort." (Payne, 135) However, after the

disastrous conclusion to the war, Drexler's union, having changed

its name to the "German Worker's Party," lacked any coherent program

and was on the brink of collapse when Hitler inadvertently stepped

When this happened the party ceased to be Drexler's partly; it

became Hitler's. The German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei)

became the foundation of the Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche

Arbeiterpartei, commonly abbreviated as the NAZI party. Hitler's

ability to transform this forty-member union

those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our

power, he never had a serious rival to challenge his power. Anton

Drexler, the party's founder, was only able to stand on the side,

Feder, Gottfried. Das Program der NSDAP und seine weltanschaulichen

red we see the social idea of the movement, in the white the national

the party published its own newspaper. Through all of this, Hitler

proportions of the flag were dictated by him." (Payne, 153)

that he did indeed have all of the power. Previous to his introduction

first meeting, the NSDAP had grown rapidly. By November of 1921, the

previous year, must be included among Hitler's daemonic

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