Date of birth:

June 13th, 1884 (München, German Empire)

Date of death:

February 24th, 1942 (München, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: 526

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Anton Drexler was a German far-right political leader and agitator for the Völkisch movement in the 1920s. He founded the pan-German and anti-Semitic German Workers' Party (DAP), the antecedent of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Drexler mentored his successor in the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler, during his early years in politics.
Drexler died in Munich in February 1942 after a lengthy illness due to alcoholism.

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• Photo 1:
• - Wolfram Selig: Drexler, Anton, in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus, Band 2/1, 2009, S. 182f.