On 7 March 1918, an ordinary German worker named Anton Drexler organized an "Independent Workers' Committee", and in January 1919 his committee merged with a group called the "Political Workers' Group" and was renamed the German Workers' Party. At this time, no one imagined that 20 years later, this small party of less than 60 people would become the main culprit that detonated the Second World War.
In September 1919, Hitler received an order from the Political Department of the Army to investigate the German Workers' Party, for which he participated in a speech in which Hitler was extremely dissatisfied with the political views of some of his members, for which he personally came to power, refuted their views, and attracted everyone's attention. Interestingly, a week later, Hitler was invited to the party's committee. At first, Hitler thought it was "funny and angry", but out of curiosity, he accepted the invitation.
Hitler described the German Workers' Party as follows: The party has nothing but a few important principles, nothing else, no programme, no pamphlets, no prints, not even a single rubber stamp: yet they have a great faith and good will. Eventually, after some deliberation, Hitler decided to join the party with a membership card number 555. In fact, in order to make everyone think that there are many party members, they are numbered from 501.
After Hitler joined the party, with his innate talent as a leader, his position in the party rose all the way, and he soon became a member of the presidium and served as a propagandist for the party.
In February 1920, the German Workers' Party held its first congress in Munich, at which Hitler put forward the Twenty-Five Point Program, proposing that all the German people unite to establish a broader "German state", reclaim Germany's original colonies, and abolish the Treaty of Versailles. His tirades were highly praised by most of the delegates, and from time to time the venue erupted in earth-shattering revelry. After this meeting, the reputation of the German Workers' Party was greatly enhanced, and Hitler was regarded as a god by his party. Hitler said of the congress: "Freed from the narrow shackles of the small club, for the first time the most favorable factor of our time, public opinion, had a decisive influence."
Under Hitler's genius organizational prowess and demagogic speeches, many joined the German Workers' Party, goering, Hess, Rosenborg, Röhm, and later the notorious executioners gathered around him at this time. On April 1, 1920, Hitler renamed the German Workers' Party the "German National Socialist Workers' Party", in which "Nationalersozialismus" was abbreviated to "Nazi", and the name "Nazi" appeared that terrified the world.
As Hitler's fame grew, so did his ambitions, and on July 11, 1921, Hitler announced his resignation from the party and issued an ultimatum: he would not return to the party unless he became chairman of the party and was granted dictatorial rights. Eventually, under Hitler's threat, the other party members succumbed. They knew that Hitler was the best orator and organizer in the party, the main fundraiser of the event. Without him, the masses would not have supported the Nazi Party, and the Nazi Party would cease to exist. Hitler thus became the leader of the Nazi Party, called himself "Führer", and ambitiously began his dictatorship.