What is German Workers' Party?
The '''{{lang-de|Deutsche Arbeiterpartei}}''' or '''German Workers' Party''' (''DAP'') was a political party in [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] just after [[World War I]]. It did not last for very long, and became the National Socialist German Workers' Party or [[Nazi Party]] ({{lang-de|Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei}}, acronym ''NSDAP''). {{For|the German Workers' Party in [[Austria-Hungary]]|German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary)}} {{Infobox political party | |name = German Workers' Party |name_native = Deutsche Arbeiterpartei |logo = [[File:Deutsche Arbeiter Partei.svg|100px]] |leader = [[Anton Drexler]]<br>[[Karl Harrer]] (1919-1920) |colorcode = |foundation = January 5, 1919 |dissolution = February 24, 1920 |ideology = [[German nationalism]]<br>[[Pan-Germanism]]<br>[[Anti-capitalism]]<br>[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]] |position = [[Far-right politics|Extreme right]] |headquarters = [[Munich]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] |international = |predecessor = ''None'' (''de jure'')<br>[[Fatherland Party (Germany)|German Fatherland Party]] (''de facto'') |successor = [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]] |website = }} ==Origins== Eight days before [[election]]s in [[Bavaria]], the DAP was founded in [[Munich]] in the ''Café Gasteig'' on [[5 January]] [[1919]] by [[Anton Drexler]] and Michael Lotter. The DAP grew out of the 'Free Worker's Committee for a Good Peace' ({{lang-de|Freien Arbeiterausschuss für einen guten Frieden}}) which Drexler had also started. Most of the DAP's first members were friends of Drexler's from the [[Munich]] rail depot. Drexler wanted a party that was [[nationalist]] and aimed at ordinary people. Most other nationalist parties were [[middle class]] parties. The first membership was about forty people.<ref>''Hitler: a study in Tyranny'' by [[Alan Bullock]]</ref> On [[24 March]] [[1919]], [[Karl Harrer]] (a sports journalist and member of the [