How Did Hitler Contribute To The Rise Of The German Workers Party

After dropping out of high school in 1905 at the age of 16, Hitler travelled to Vienna to explore all the arts, music, and old-European culture that the city held. However, it was the city’s magnificent architecture that caught his attention and Hitler quickly developed an interest in becoming an architect. A promising artist in high school, Hitler decided to enroll in the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in October of 1907. Although he had felt confident about the entrance exams, Hitler was soon denied entry to the academy’s painting school on the basis that he lacked a talent for painting. With his hopes of eventually joining the academy’s architecture program ruined, Hitler returned home to care for his ill mother.

After failing as an artist, Hitler spent several years alone and in poverty as he struggled to find himself. When World War I broke out in
Hitler quickly gained power and prominence within the party and, by early 1920, he had been put in charge of propaganda in addition to his recruitment efforts. The swastika flag for the party was also designed by Hitler. Under Hitler’s leadership and, with his oratory skills, party membership drastically increased. Before the end of 1920, Hitler officially changed the party’s name to the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, which is commonly known as the Nazi Party.

Although the Nazi Party was originally run by a 7-member committee, Hitler was hungry for power and essentially blackmailed the party’s leaders for sole power over the party. Though some resistance rose up against him, primarily from committee member Anton Drexel, the party eventually gave into his demands. Hitler was voted into power as chairman with dictatorial power by party members on a vote of 543 to 1 and on July 29, 1921, Hitler was introduced as the leader, or “der