09/12/1919 AD visited

While attending a party meeting (as an army intelligence agent) at Munich's Sterneckerbräu, Hitler became involved in a heated argument with the speaker, Professor Baumann, who questioned the soundness of Gottfried Feder's arguments against capitalism; Baumann proposed that Bavaria should break away from Prussia and found a new South German nation with Austria.

In vehemently attacking the man's arguments, Hitler made an impression on the other party members with his oratorical skills; according to Hitler, the "professor" left the hall acknowledging unequivocal defeat. Drexler encouraged him to join the DAP.

The DAP was a comparatively small group with fewer than 60 members. Nevertheless, it had attracted the attention of the German authorities, who were suspicious of any organization that appeared to have subversive tendencies. While Hitler was initially unimpressed by the meetings and found them disorganized, he enjoyed the discussion that took place.

On the orders of his army superiors, Hitler applied to join the party and within a week was accepted as party member 555 (the party began counting membership at 500 to give the impression they were a much larger party).

Munich

Lattitude: 48.1333° N
Longitude: 11.5666° E
Region: Europe

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