[Data of the NSDAP and the rise to power]

The file contains several reports, statistics, newspaper cuttings and handwritten notes regarding the National-Socialist Party's rise to power from 1918 till 1933. In detail the reports show and explain how the NSDAP gained its power and how Hitler could ensure his position. The rise of the NSDAP started on the 7th of March in 1918, were Drexler founded his "Committee of Independent Workmen" and on the 5th of January 1919 he founded the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" (German Workers Party). In July 1919 Hitler joints the Deutsche Arbeiter Partei and in October he delivers his first speech in the first meeting of the party. In 1920 he was put already in charge of the Party Propaganda and in August the party was renamed into 'National-Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei- NSDAP'. In January 1921 the annual National-Socialist meeting was held, Drexler was elected as chairman and 3.000 memberships were reported. Couple of days later the first mass meeting in 'Zirkus Krone' in Munich was hold and Hitler spoke to 6.500 listeners on 'Future or Destruction'. In 1922 already 6.000 members have been counted and on a mass demeonstration in August that year the appearance of the first 6 'Hundertschaften' of the SA were reported. In 1926 the 'Führertagung' of the NSDAP took place in Bamberg and uniform party activities throughout the reich secured. Between 1926-1927 the parties membership increased from 17.000 to 40.000. The 'Redeverbot' of the NSDAP had been cancelled in several states in Germany and the party grew in popularity, in 1930 the memberships reaches 210.000. In 1932 Hitler became German citizen by nomination as 'Regierungsrat' of Brunswick. In January 1933 Hitler was appointed as Reich Chancellor and he started the formation of the Government of 'National Concentration'. Furthermore informations regarding the party organisation after the rise to power are given.