The NSDAP

Hans-Ulrich Thamer

On 20 February 1920 the NSDAP was founded - at that time a radical nationalist splinter party among others. What forces made two dozen men who met in Munich's back rooms form the criminal mass party that became the strongest Reichstag faction in July 1932? What shaped their mentality and power structures, and what role did Hitler play as party leader? What function did the NSDAP have as a mobilization and control apparatus before and during the Second World War? Hans-Ulrich Thamer answers these and many other questions concisely and competently.