Hitler and NSDAP treasurer Franz Xaver Schwarz at the dedication of the renovation of the Palais Barlow on Brienner Straße in Munich into the Brown House headquarters, December 1930. German Federal Archive/Bundesarchiv, Bild/Wikimedia Commons.
32. Drexler’s Party Renamed Itself the NSDAP or Nazi Party
Hitler officially joined in 1919 and designed the banner, complete with the swastika and red background. He frequently spoke out against what he believed to be the greatest evils plaguing Germany, particularly Jews and communists. In 1921, he became the chairman of the Nazi party.
