On 5 January 1919, the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was established in Munich by Anton Drexler and Karl Harrer, serving as the ideological seedbed for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), later known as the Nazi Party.
Initially focused on nationalist and anti-Semitic rhetoric, the DAP soon attracted the attention of Adolf Hitler, who joined the party later that year.
The formation of the DAP marked the beginning of a political evolution that would lead to the rise of the Nazi regime, drastically altering the course of German and world history.
