Hitler decided to become a politician.

In 1919, he joined a small group of 6 men, and transformed it into the National Socialist German Workers Party. He outlined the goals of the new movement in broad detail, laying out its goals and nature.

The Beginning: Seven Men

Hitler speaks for the first time to 7 men in September 1919, then to 11, to 25, to 111 in December, to 270 in January 1920, and soon to 400. On 14 November 1920, he spoke to1700 in the first true mass meeting. Adolf Hitler organized the young party’s propaganda, which after one year of activity had had 64 members. One year later — 1920 — it has already grown to 3,000. Hitler increases the number of meetings in Munich to the point that he is speaking to three mass meetings every week, and holds a discussion and training evening each Monday. His main theme was always