German Workers' Party

For the German Workers' Party in Austria-Hungary, see German Workers' Party (Austria-Hungary).

German Workers' Party
Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
AbbreviationDAP
ChairmanAnton Drexler
Deputy ChairmanKarl Harrer
FoundersAnton Drexler
Dietrich Eckart
Gottfried Feder
Karl Harrer
Founded5 January 1919
Dissolved24 February 1920
Merger ofPolitical Workers' Circle
Free Workers' Committee for a Good Peace
Succeeded byNational Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
HeadquartersFürstenfelder Straße 14,
Munich, Germany
Membership555 (claimed)
55 (actual) January 1920
IdeologyPan-Germanism
Anti-Marxism
Anti-capitalism
Antisemitism
Völkisch nationalism
Political positionFar-right

The German Workers' Party (German: Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP) was an obscure far-right political party established in the Weimar Republic after World War I. It lasted from 5 January 1919 until 24 February 1920. The DAP was the precursor of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party.


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