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Anton Drexler

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The Resume

    (June 13, 1884-February 24, 1942)
    Born in Munich, Germany
    Locksmith and toolmaker
    Founded the German Workers Party (January 5, 1919), which evolved into the National Socialist German Worker's Party
    With Adolf Hitler and Gottfried Feder drew up the 25 points of the Nazi Party manifesto
    Replaced as chairman of the Nazi Party by Adolf Hitler (1921)
    Left the Nazi Party (1923)
    Served as Vice-President of the Bavarian state government (1924-28)
    Rejoined the Nazi Party after Hitler became Chancellor (1933)

Why he might be annoying:

    He claimed Germany lost World War I because of a Jewish-Masonic conspiracy.
    He wrote, 'We fight the Jew as the racial tuberculosis of the nations and are convinced that a recovery will take place only after he has been eliminated.'
    Hitler's assessments of him included, 'As a speaker, not very gifted' and 'His whole being was weak and uncertain.'
    He greatly underestimated Hitler, calling him 'an absurd little man.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was fired from a job as a machinist for refusing to accept the Social Democrat Party as the sole workers' representative (1917).
    He reportedly disapproved of street fighting by the Brown Shirts and other violence by the Nazis.
    He was kept in the dark about Nazi plans to overthrow the Bavarian government in the Beer Hall Putsch (1923), learning about it by accident when he bumped into two Nazis on a bus on the night of the coup attempt.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 79 Votes: 54.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying