Section A: Early Development of the Nazi Party, 1920-22

• what did the army send hitler to do at the end of the war?

  to keep an eye on the emerging political parties in the munich area
• what was one of the parties that hitler was told to keep an eye on?

  German Worker's Party (DAP)
• when and who founded the DAP?

  February 1919, Anton Drexler
• when did hitler become the DAP's 55th member?

  19 september 1919
• what did hitler become in january 1920?

  head of party propaganda for the DAP
• what happened to hitler within 2 years of joining the DAP?

  Become the leader
• what did drexler and hitler write in february 1920?

  the twenty-five point programme
• what is the twenty five point programme?

  a document explaining the policies of the DAP
• what are some examples of what the twenty five point programme demanded?

  1. it demanded the union of all germans in a greater germany
  2. It demanded that no Jewish people be members of the German nation.
  3. It demanded the creation of a strong central state power.
  4. It demanded that land could be taken off large landowners for the good of the people.
• what was the twenty five point programme deliberately?

  a mix of right wing nationalist policies and left wing socialist policies
• what was vital in beginning to widen the party's support when it cam to hitler's skills?

  he had good skills as an orator
• how many times did he appear at the DAP's gatherings between november 1919 and november 1920?

  31 times, as the key speaker, out of 46 party gatherings
• what did hitler establish in munich in january 1920?

  a new permanent office, that was run by rudolf schussler
• what did hitler suggest the party's new name should be?

  the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)
• what did increased funds allow the party to do?

  in december 1920, increased membership allowed them to buy their own newspaper, Volkischer Beobachter (people's observer)
• when did hitler take over leadership of the party from drexler?

  july 1921
• who became hitler's deputy?

  rudolf hess
• who became the leader of hitler's new bodyguard organisation, the SA?

  Ernst Rohm
• when was the SA formed?

  in august 1921
• what was hitler's expected personal loyal bodyguards?

  the SS