eliefs. His growing hatred of the Jews became part of the organization's political plans. Hitler increased the partys popularity, often advertising the party's meetings in anti-Semitic newspapers (Davidson 104-110).The turning point of Hitler's career occurred at one of the meeting held for the party. Hitler's emotional delivery of a motivational speech captivated his audience. Through word of mouth, donations poured into the party's treasury, and attracted hundreds of Germans eager to hear the young, forceful leader. Hitler would continue to make such speeches to attract more supporters. Hitler electrified the audience with his motivational speeches. The motivation Hitler used was to bring Germany to power. He said he would act on the loss of World War I, and redeem Germanys status. Jews were the principal targets of Hitlers Plan to compensate for the losses in World War I. Hitler pushed the idea that the Jews were at fault, and something must be done to revamp Germanys stature (Davidson 115-123). Also adding to Hitlers plan, were revoking the Versailles Treaty, keeping war profits, revoking civil rights for Jews, and expelling those Jews who had emigrated into Germany after the war began. The Jews were a major part of Hitler's plans, and the blame of the Jews only increased. Inflation, political instability, unemployment, and the humiliation in the war, were all problems that the Jews played scapegoat too. Hitlers party was gaining an audience, and the name of the party was changed to the National Socialist German Worker's party. The red flag with the swastika was adopted as the party symbol. And Hitler was now at full force. A local newspaper that appealed to anti-Semites was on the verge of bankruptcy, and Hitler raised funds to purchase it for the party. With the new paper, and the growing problems of the country, the Nazi party began drawing thousands of new members, many of whom were victims of the inflation and found c...
