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Who started the Nazi Party?

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The Nazi Party was founded as the German Workers’ Party by Anton Drexler, a Munich locksmith, in 1919. Hitler attended one of its meetings that year, and the party was renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party in 1920. By 1921 Hitler’s energy and oratorical skills had enabled him to take over the party.