Anton Drexler (13 June 1884 – 24 February 1942) was a radical political leader of the 1920s, instrumental in the formation of the German Workers' Party. The German Workers' Party was the precedent to the Nazi Party, and Drexler served as mentor to Adolf Hitler during his early days in politics.
Born in Munich, Drexler was a machine-fitter before becoming a railway locksmith in Berlin in 1902. He joined the Fatherland Party during World War I. He ...
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Anton Drexler (13 June 1884 – 24 February 1942) was a radical political leader of the 1920s, instrumental in the formation of the German Workers' Party. The German Workers' Party was the precedent to the Nazi Party, and Drexler served as mentor to Adolf Hitler during his early days in politics.
Born in Munich, Drexler was a machine-fitter before becoming a railway locksmith in Berlin in 1902. He joined the Fatherland Party during World War I. He was a poet and a member of the völkisch agitators who, together with journalist Karl Harrer, founded the German Workers' Party (DAP) in Munich with Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart in 1919.
At a meeting of the Party in Munich in September 1919, the main speaker was Gottfried Feder. When he had finished speaking, a member of the audience stood up and suggested that Bavaria should break away from Prussia and form a separate nation with Austria. Adolf Hitler sprang up from the audience to rebut the argument. Drexler approached Hitler and...
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