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Also misleading - using "national socialist" as a common adjective ignores the fact that Nazism is an official ideology, and that the DAP was not yet the NSDAP.
[[File:Anton Drexler.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Drexler: German Nazi politician]]
[[File:Anton Drexler.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Drexler: German Nazi politician]]
'''Anton Drexler''' (June 13, 1884 – February 24, 1942) was a [[German]] politician and one of the co-founders of the [[national socialist]] German Workers' Party (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or DAP), the predecessor of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP).
'''Anton Drexler''' (June 13, 1884 – February 24, 1942) was a [[German]] politician and one of the co-founders of the German Workers' Party (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' or DAP), the predecessor of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP).
Before his political career he was a railway toolmaker and locksmith in Berlin. During [[World War I]] he formed a branch of the "Free Workers' Committee for a Good Peace" (''Der Freie Arbeiterausschuss für einen guten Frieden'') league.<ref>Kershaw, Ian. ''Hitler: A Biography'' (2008).</ref> In 1918, Drexler met with journalist [[Karl Harrer]] (a member of the socialist racist [[Thule Society]]) and they formed the "Political Workers' Circle" (''Politischer Arbeiterzirkel'').<ref>Kershaw, Ian. ''Hitler: A Biography'' (2008).</ref> This group in January 1919 became the basis of the German Workers' Party; it was one of many parties that formed in Germany after the war. These parties were small groups of like-minded men engaging in hate speech, anti-Semitism and communist-Jewish conspiracies.
Before his political career he was a railway toolmaker and locksmith in Berlin. During [[World War I]] he formed a branch of the "Free Workers' Committee for a Good Peace" (''Der Freie Arbeiterausschuss für einen guten Frieden'') league.<ref>Kershaw, Ian. ''Hitler: A Biography'' (2008).</ref> In 1918, Drexler met with journalist [[Karl Harrer]] (a member of the socialist racist [[Thule Society]]) and they formed the "Political Workers' Circle" (''Politischer Arbeiterzirkel'').<ref>Kershaw, Ian. ''Hitler: A Biography'' (2008).</ref> This group in January 1919 became the basis of the German Workers' Party; it was one of many parties that formed in Germany after the war. These parties were small groups of like-minded men engaging in hate speech, anti-Semitism and communist-Jewish conspiracies.