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Anton Drexler
Anton Drexler was a Munich locksmith and member of the völkisch agitators who, together with journalist Karl Harrer, founded the German Workers' Party (DAP) in 1919. At the behest of Adolf Hitler who had joined the party shortly afterwards, Drexler changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) early in 1920. Hitler finally wrested control of the party from Drexler in the autumn of 1921, and Drexler had to content himself with the post of honorary chairman.
Drexler was also a member of a völkisch political club for affluent members of Munich society known as the Thule Society. His membership in the NSDAP ended when it was temporarily outlawed in 1923 following the Beer Hall Putsch, in which Drexler had not taken part. He was elected to the Bavarian state parliament for another party in 1924 and had no part in the NSDAP's refounding in 1925. He rejoined only after Hitler had come to power in 1933. He received the party's "blood badge" in 1934 and was still occasionally used as a propaganda tool until about 1937, but was
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Anton Drexler
Anton Drexler was the co-founder of what was to become the Nazi Party. Drexler provided an intellectual input into the German Workers Party that developed into the National Socialists German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) that Adolf Hitler took control of. Anton Drexler died in relative obscurity.
Drexler was born in Munich on June 13th, 1884. He was a locksmith and toolmaker by trade. Drexler believed that his financial future lay in Berlin. He believed that the city’s population would bring in a healthy trade for his skills. Drexler was wrong. He did not find the anticipated good living in Berlin and got by playing a zither in city restaurants. Drexler found the whole process humiliating.
Drexler did not serve in the German military during World War One as he was classed as ‘unfit to serve’. Towards the end of the war Drexler joined the Fatherland Party. This was a right wing nationalist party that in 1918 strove to get a decent peace settlement for Germany. It had support from industrialists and senior military figures. It was at this time that Drexler believed that
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Anton Drexler
German politician (1884–1942)
Anton Drexler (13 June 1884 – 24 February 1942) was a German political agitator for the Völkisch movement in the 1920s. He founded the German Workers' Party (DAP), the pan-German and anti-Semitic antecedent of the Nazi Party. Drexler mentored his successor in the Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, during his early years in politics.
Early life
Born in Munich, Drexler was a machine-fitter before becoming a railway toolmaker and locksmith in Berlin. He is believed to have been disappointed with his income, and to have played the zither in restaurants to supplement his earnings.[3] Drexler did not serve in the armed forces during World War I because he was deemed physically unfit for service.
Politics
During World War I, Drexler joined the German Fatherland Party, a short-lived far-right party active during the last phase of the war, which played a significant role in the emergence of the stab-in-the-back myth and the defamation of certain politicians as the "November Criminals".
In March 1918, Drexler foun
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