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Karl Harrer (8 October 1890 - 5 September 1926) was a German journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 and politician, one of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" ("German Workers' Party", DAP) in 1919, the party that soon would become the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).

Harrer was also a member of the right-wing Thule Society
Thule Society

The Thule Society , originally the Studiengruppe f?r germanisches Altertum 'Study Group for Germanic peoples Antiquity', was a German occultist and v?lkisch group in Munich, named after a Thule from Greek legend....
, which gave him the task of founding a "Politischer Arbeiterzirkel" ("political workers' union"), an order he carried out together with Anton Drexler
Anton Drexler

Anton Drexler was a German Nazi political leader of the 1920s....
 in October 1918.






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Karl Harrer (8 October 1890 - 5 September 1926) was a German journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
 and politician, one of the founding members of the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei" ("German Workers' Party", DAP) in 1919, the party that soon would become the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).

Harrer was also a member of the right-wing Thule Society
Thule Society

The Thule Society , originally the Studiengruppe f?r germanisches Altertum 'Study Group for Germanic peoples Antiquity', was a German occultist and v?lkisch group in Munich, named after a Thule from Greek legend....
, which gave him the task of founding a "Politischer Arbeiterzirkel" ("political workers' union"), an order he carried out together with Anton Drexler
Anton Drexler

Anton Drexler was a German Nazi political leader of the 1920s....
 in October 1918. On January 5, 1919, the DAP was formed, in which not only Harrer and Drexler but also Gottfried Feder
Gottfried Feder

Gottfried Feder was an economist and one of the early key members of the NSDAP. He was their economic theoretician. Initially, it was his lecture in 1919 that drew Hitler into the party....
 and Dietrich Eckart
Dietrich Eckart

Dietrich Eckart was a German politician, one of the important early members of the National Socialist German Workers Party and a participant of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch....
 were involved.

Harrer became the party's first chairman (adopting the title of "Reich
Reich

, is a German language loanword cognate with the English reign, region, and rich, but used most often to designate an empire, realm, or nation. The qualitative connotation from the German is "imperial, sovereign state." It is cognate with the North Germanic languages rike/rige, , , ; as found in bishopric....
svorsitzender"); however, his plans to continue the DAP as a secret society similar to the Thule Society collided with Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
's, who had also joined the party. Towards the end of 1919, their rivalry became more and more apparent; Harrer accused Hitler of megalomania
Megalomania

Megalomania is a historical term for behavior characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power , genius, or omnipotence — often generally termed as delusions of grandeur or grandiose delusions....
, and ultimately resigned from all party offices and left the party after pressure from Hitler on January 5, 1920. The chairmanship passed first to vice chairman Drexler, and to Hitler himself in 1921.

See also


  • Nazism
    Nazism

    Nazism, officially National Socialism , refers to the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers? Party under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945....
  • Weimar Republic
    Weimar Republic

    The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....