16 October 1919: Adolf Hitler's first public speech—The Austrian-born Hitler remained in the German Reichswehr after the war & was assigned by army intelligence to infiltrate Anton Drexler's D.A.P.; he was ordered by his superior, Karl Mayr, to write down his anti-Semitic views in the Gemlich Letter & in January 1920 was given special permission to join the D.A.P., as member № 555 (in actuality, 55).
Lest we forget.
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