Hitler and the German Workers’ Party

Hitler and the German Workers’ Party.

• Adolf Hitler left WWI disillusioned and bitter. He felt the war had ended too soon and the Weimar Republic had sold Germny out by agreeing to the Treaty of Versailles - sharing the same view as most Germans at the time.

1. Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria, living in Germany from 1912 onwards. He was a brave soldier in WW1, winning the Iron Cross twice - he was very angry about Germany losing the war.
2. He became attracted to the German Workers' Party's founder's (Anton Drexler) anti-Semitic, nationalist, anti- capitalist and anti-Marxist ideas after monitoring the party.
3. In 1919, Hitler joined the small political party in Munich, known as the German Workers' Party. He was only a tiny part when he first joined - the 55th member.