German Workers' Party (Nazi Party)

The German Workers’ Party (DAP) was a nationalist political organization founded in 1919, which later evolved into the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler’s leadership. It promoted extreme German nationalism, anti-Semitism, and anti-communism, advocating for the revival of Germany’s former greatness. The party combined populist rhetoric with racist ideology, blaming Jews and others for Germany’s problems. As it gained support, it renamed itself the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) in 1920 and became the central force behind Germany’s rise to power in the 1930s. The Nazi Party’s policies led to World War II and the Holocaust.