what political party was adolf hitler from?
German Workers' Party Nazi Party
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 Hitler made a prominent appearance at the trial of two Reichswehr officers , Lieutenants Richard Scheringer and Hans Ludin , in late 1930 . Both were charged with membership in the NSDAP , at that time illegal for Reichswehr personnel . The prosecution argued that the NSDAP was an extremist party , prompting defence lawyer Hans Frank to call on Hitler to testify . On 25 September 1930 , Hitler testified that his party would pursue political power solely through democratic elections , which won him many supporters in the officer corps . 

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 After World War I , Hitler returned to Munich . With no formal education or career prospects , he remained in the army . In July 1919 he was appointed Verbindungsmann ( intelligence agent ) of an Aufklärungskommando ( reconnaissance commando ) of the Reichswehr , assigned to influence other soldiers and to infiltrate the German Workers ' Party ( DAP ) . While monitoring the activities of the DAP , Hitler was attracted to the founder Anton Drexler 's anti @-@ Semitic , nationalist , anti @-@ capitalist , and anti @-@ Marxist ideas . Drexler favoured a strong active government , a non @-@ Jewish version of socialism , and solidarity among all members of society . Impressed with Hitler 's oratorical skills , Drexler invited him to join the DAP . Hitler accepted on 12 September 1919 , becoming party member 555 ( the party began counting membership at 500 to give the impression they were a much larger party ) . 

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 Hitler was released on parole on 20 December 1924 and Hess ten days later . The ban on the NSDAP and SA was lifted in February 1925 , and the party grew to 100 @,@ 000 members in 1928 and 150 @,@ 000 in 1929 . They received only 2 @.@ 6 per cent of the vote in the 1928 election , but support increased steadily up until the seizure of power in 1933 . 

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 The Nazi Party won the special federal election of 1932 . After a series of unsuccessful cabinets , Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 . After the Reichstag fire , a decree abrogated basic civil rights and within weeks the first Nazi concentration camp at Dachau opened . The Enabling Act of 1933 gave Hitler unrestricted legislative power ; subsequently , his government established a centralised totalitarian state , withdrew from the League of Nations following a national referendum , and began military rearmament . 

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 Hitler was discharged from the army on 31 March 1920 and began working full @-@ time for the NSDAP . The party headquarters was in Munich , a hotbed of anti @-@ government German nationalists determined to crush Marxism and undermine the Weimar Republic . In February 1921 — already highly effective at speaking to large audiences — he spoke to a crowd of over 6 @,@ 000 . To publicise the meeting , two truckloads of party supporters drove around Munich waving swastika flags and distributing leaflets . Hitler soon gained notoriety for his rowdy polemic speeches against the Treaty of Versailles , rival politicians , and especially against Marxists and Jews . 
