After World War I, or The Great War as it was known back then, Germany was left devastated both financially and, since German propaganda had not prepared the nation for defeat, emotionally, resulting in a sense of injured German national pride. But because Germany wasstabbed in the back by its leftwing politicians, Communists, and Jews,or more colourfully known as the November Criminals, it was stillwidely believed that Germany had not truly been defeated. When a newgovernment, the Weimar Republic, tried to establish a democratic course,extreme political parties from both the right and the left struggled violentlyfor control. The new regime could neither handle the depressed economynor the rampant lawlessness and disorder. Amongst all this confusion andsquabbling, one party and one man seemed to stand out. The man wasAdolf Hitler and the party was the German Workers Party (DAP) later tobe called the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) or morewidely known as the Nazi Partys.The German Workers Party (DAP) was just another partyespousing a right-wing ideology, like many other similar groups ofdemobilized soldiers. However this simplicity of the party would havebeen the attribute which would have attracted Hitler the most. Thisallowed Hitler to pour his beliefs into the party and mold it into his image.Soon after his joining of the party, Hitler renamed it to the NationalSocialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) but even then it was merely agang of unemployed soldiers whos spirits had been crushed and whosguns had rusted away. But after Hitlers first public presentation, in abeer cellar, things started to change drastically. With the money from thefirst presentation used to buy more advertising and print leaflets, the NaziParty was starting to act and look like a real party. Hitlers beliefs ofnational pride, militarism, commitment to the Volk and a racially pureGermany as well as anti-Semitism soon attracted supporters by thehund...
