German Workers' Party

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The German Workers' Party was a short-lived far-right political group in post–World War I Germany that served as the direct precursor to Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf far-right political party
political party
predecessor organization
country Germany
dissolved 1920-02-24
foundedBy Anton Drexler
Dietrich Eckart
Gottfried Feder NERFINISHED
Karl Harrer
hadParamilitaryWing early party defense formations
hasSuccessor Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
headquartersLocation Munich
historicalSignificance origin point of Hitler's political career
ideology antisemitism
nationalism
völkisch nationalism
inception 1919-01-05
influenced National Socialist ideology
languageOfName German
locationOfFormation Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED
Munich
membershipType mass political organization
mergedInto Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
nativeLabel Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
notableEvent adoption of 25-point program in 1920 as NSDAP
party meeting of 1919-09-12 attended by Adolf Hitler
notableMember Adolf Hitler
Anton Drexler
Dietrich Eckart
Gottfried Feder NERFINISHED
Karl Harrer
Rudolf Hess
operatedIn post–World War I Germany
opposed communism
liberal democracy
organizationalForm small nationalist discussion club at founding
partOf Weimar Republic political system
politicalEra Weimar Republic
politicalPosition far-right
programFocus nationalist and anti-Marxist policies
opposition to Treaty of Versailles
region Bavaria
replacedBy Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
roleInHistory direct precursor to the Nazi Party
shortName DAP
status defunct political party
targetedGroup Jews in Germany
Marxists
usedSymbol swastika precursor symbols

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Anton Drexler founded German Workers' Party
Anton Drexler memberOf German Workers' Party
Nazi Party precededBy German Workers' Party