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===1925 platform===
 
===1925 platform===
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Although the party only won 6.5% of the vote in 1924, and did not run a candidate in 1925, it issues an aggressive manifesto in 1925:<ref>from [http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm text online]
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Although the party only won 6.5% of the vote in 1924, and did not run a candidate in 1925, it issued an aggressive manifesto in 1925:<ref>from [http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm text online]
 
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1. We demand the union of all Germans in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples.  
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1. We demand the union of all [[Germans]] in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples.  
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2. We demand that the German people have rights equal to those of other nations; and that the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain shall be abrogated.  
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2. We demand that the German people have [[rights]] equal to those of other [[nation]]s; and that the [[Treaty of Versailles|Peace Treaties of Versailles]] and St. Germain shall be abrogated.  
    
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the maintenance of our people and the settlement of our surplus population.  
 
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the maintenance of our people and the settlement of our surplus population.  
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4. Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no Jew can be a countryman.  
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4. Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become [[citizen]]s. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no [[Jew]] can be a countryman.  
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5. Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the law of aliens.  
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5. Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the [[law]] of aliens.  
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6. The right to choose the government and determine the laws of the State shall belong only to citizens. We therefore demand that no public office, of whatever nature, whether in the central government, the province, or the municipality, shall be held by anyone who is not a citizen.  
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6. The right to choose the [[government]] and determine the laws of the State shall belong only to citizens. We therefore demand that no public office, of whatever nature, whether in the central government, the province, or the municipality, shall be held by anyone who is not a citizen.  
    
We wage war against the corrupt parliamentary administration whereby men are appointed to posts by favor of the party without regard to character and fitness.  
 
We wage war against the corrupt parliamentary administration whereby men are appointed to posts by favor of the party without regard to character and fitness.  
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Therefore we demand:  
 
Therefore we demand:  
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11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.  
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11. That all unearned [[income]], and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.  
    
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people. We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.  
 
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people. We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.  
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21. The State has the duty to help raise the standard of national health by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor, by increasing physical fitness through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young.  
 
21. The State has the duty to help raise the standard of national health by providing maternity welfare centers, by prohibiting juvenile labor, by increasing physical fitness through the introduction of compulsory games and gymnastics, and by the greatest possible encouragement of associations concerned with the physical education of the young.  
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22. We demand the abolition of the regular army and the creation of a national (folk) army.  
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22. We demand the abolition of the regular [[army]] and the creation of a national (folk) army.  
    
23. We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press. In order to make possible the creation of a German press, we demand:  
 
23. We demand that there be a legal campaign against those who propagate deliberate political lies and disseminate them through the press. In order to make possible the creation of a German press, we demand:  
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(a) All editors and their assistants on newspapers published in the German language shall be German citizens.  
 
(a) All editors and their assistants on newspapers published in the German language shall be German citizens.  
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(b) Non-German newspapers shall only be published with the express permission of the State. They must not be published in the German language.  
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(b) Non-German [[newspapers]] shall only be published with the express permission of the State. They must not be published in the German language.  
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(c) All financial interests in or in any way affecting German newspapers shall be forbidden to non-Germans by law, and we demand that the punishment for transgressing this law be the immediate suppression of the newspaper and the expulsion of the non-Germans from the Reich.  
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(c) All [[financial]] interests in or in any way affecting German newspapers shall be forbidden to non-Germans by law, and we demand that the punishment for transgressing this law be the immediate suppression of the newspaper and the expulsion of the non-Germans from the Reich.  
    
Newspapers transgressing against the common welfare shall be suppressed. We demand legal action against those tendencies in art and literature that have a disruptive influence upon the life of our folk, and that any organizations that offend against the foregoing demands shall be dissolved.  
 
Newspapers transgressing against the common welfare shall be suppressed. We demand legal action against those tendencies in art and literature that have a disruptive influence upon the life of our folk, and that any organizations that offend against the foregoing demands shall be dissolved.  
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24. We demand freedom for all religious faiths in the state, insofar as they do not endanger its existence or offend the moral and ethical sense of the Germanic race.  
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24. We demand [[freedom]] for all religious faiths in the state, insofar as they do not endanger its existence or offend the moral and ethical sense of the Germanic race.  
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The party as such represents the point of view of a positive Christianity without binding itself to any one particular confession. It fights against the Jewish materialist spirit within and without, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our folk can only come about from within on the pinciple:  
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The party as such represents the point of view of a positive [[Christianity]] without binding itself to any one particular confession. It fights against the Jewish materialist spirit within and without, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our folk can only come about from within on the pinciple:  
    
COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD  
 
COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD  
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