What beliefs did the Nazi party have before Hitler came?

Question

I'm doing a spy report for homework. And I have to pretend I a spy for the our government. What did the German Worker's party believe before Hitler came? And when he did, what beliefs of his own did he introduce? Please give me some facts from the early days of the Nazi party

Answer 1

There was no Nazi party before Hitler. Hitler was in it from the beginning.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/party.htm

Answer 2

Actually, Hitler did not "create" the Nazi party (or the Nationalist Socialists, which is where Nazi comes from in the German). While he did join early on, he was not the founder: Anton Drexler was. From the beinning, the Nazi party focused on nationalism, (hence the name), and wanted to repair the country after World War I and the depression after.

Nationalism is based on the idea that the nation is the most important thing; therefore the wellbeing of Germany was the main focus of Nazism from the start. As it was, Germany was in the midst of a crippling depression; there was an extreme shortage of work and food. Hitler worked to bring Germany back to the standard of living from before the first World War. The strong army that Hitler promoted lead to jobs for the unemployed and a healthy activity for the inactive young adults in Germany.

However, Germany and Europe on the whole were anti-Semitic, and held the belief that everything could be blamed on the Jews, a view that Hitler exploited. The nationalist party also held promoted "racism/eugenics, totalitarism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-communism, and limited freedom of religion."

Definitely check out the wikipedia site to get a better history!

Answer 3

Look up Madison Grant (1865-1930) an American eugenicist, Hitler believed in the superior race. The Passing of the Great Race (1916) this book was used by officials in Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler spoke of this book as "this is my bible".

Answer 4

the nazi party bfre hitlet came along was the German Workers' Party. He took over as its leader in 1919, and changed its name to the National Socialists (Nazis). They were kinda nationalist.. and believed in workers's rights and stuf also...
it was quite a small group..
this is wat else i found out!
The NSDAP grew out of smaller political groups with a nationalist, far right orientation that formed in the last years of World War I. In the early months of 1918, a party called the Freier Ausschuss für einen deutschen Arbeiterfrieden (Free Committee for a German Workers' Peace) was created in Bremen, Germany. Anton Drexler, an avid German nationalist, formed a branch of this league on March 7, 1918, in Munich. Drexler had been a member of the militarist Fatherland Party during World War I, and was bitterly opposed to the armistice of November 1918 and to the revolutionary upheavals that followed in its wake. In 1919, Drexler, together with Gottfried Feder, Dietrich Eckart and Karl Harrer, established the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party, abbreviated DAP). This party was the formal forerunner of the NSDAP, and became one of many völkisch movements that existed in Germany at the time.

Answer 5

There was a National Socialist Party and Hitler joined it early on. He was number 55 I believe.

At any rate, prior to Hitler, the NSA was just one of many groups of dis-illusioned Germans who, after having gave their all for God, Kaiser and country, now had to deal with defeat. The victors of the war had piled all kinds of penalties and demands on Germany. The Communists were taking over the govt. at all levels.
Many of the returning vets were patriots. They loved their country and felt betrayed by their govt. but were at a loss over what to do.
Hitler felt the same way they did the only difference being is that from out of nowhere, this schoolyard geek with the silly facial hair pulled out a talent for public speaking. Instead of just sitting around crying in his beer with the rest of the crowd, he got up and started out lining plans for the return of a glorious and respected Germany.

He talked, people listend, people believed.

There was one little difference, one added twist to the long list of things to make right, while Hitler agreed with the rest over the uselessness and danger of the Communist Party, Hitler introduced the notion of the Jews also being responsible for the defeat of Germany.
Now the beer hall crowd had two groups to hate: Commies and Jews!

The rest, of course, is history.

I want to leave you with this thought: have you ever wondered what the world would have been like had Hitler used his ability to connect and inspire those around him for GOOD instead of evil?

We are all in that position every day. We all have gifts. It is how we choose to use them that may change the world one way or the other.

Answer 6

Hello

Hitler is thought to have been the 54th signed up member of the Nazi Party. He brought to it a change of name, an emblem (swastika) and its flag. He brought a flair for oratory and propaganda. He co-introduced the 25 point programme with Anton Drexler. He turned the Party into a para-military one by signing up the odious Ernst Roehm, his former commanding officer.

The original party was anti-capitalist, anti-democratic, and pro-nationalist as well as anti-semitic.

Answer 7

I think there was no Nazi party before Hitler, but then again I could be wrong

Answer 8

What it exhibits is that hitler used xian rhetoric to unite the "solid xian German people". obviously, most of the nazi's considered themselves xian although most of the authentic nazi's, consisting of hitler, we are both atheist or in touch contained in the spiritualistic practises of the day. i do not recognize if the holocaust may were prevented without xianity. obviously genocides have befell self reliant of xianity or faith in any respect in favour of that count number. i recognize that one sentence, did not on my own, reason the deaths of 1000's of thousands.

Answer 9

Kinda tough to answer since Hitler created it.