Nazis without Hitler

Probably not. Hitler's speaking skills were what drew many people (including Goering, Goebbels, and Hess) to the party and his leadership was what allowed the party to survive the various setbacks of the 1920s. Take away Hitler and the Nazis (or DAP, which stands for German Worker's Party, since that was their name at the time) stays a tiny movement of angry men meeting in beer halls.
 
It's simple: without Hitler no NSDAP, no Nazi

He was Führer, who lead and control a bunch of people, who hate deeply each other.
See the way Heydrich and Himmler deal with Ernst Röhm and "communist movement" of NSDAP, they shoot them...
 
With the absence of Hitler, would the party have been as big an impact on German politics as it did?

No, I think not. The DAP would stay a little party in Bavaria, while the leaders of OTL's Nazi party would join other organizations.

Röhm, Strasser and Goebbels might set up their own organizations and end up as members of the KPD.

Göring could join the party giving him the best political opportunities - maybe some nationalist organization like the DNVP.

Himmler and Rossenberg stay what they are: insignificant, confused racist esoterics.
 
Probably not. Hitler's speaking skills were what drew many people (including Goering, Goebbels, and Hess) to the party and his leadership was what allowed the party to survive the various setbacks of the 1920s. Take away Hitler and the Nazis (or DAP, which stands for German Worker's Party, since that was their name at the time) stays a tiny movement of angry men meeting in beer halls.

Weren´t they into Bavarian seperatism ?
 
It's simple: without Hitler no NSDAP, no Nazi

He was Führer, who lead and control a bunch of people, who hate deeply each other.
See the way Heydrich and Himmler deal with Ernst Röhm and "communist movement" of NSDAP, they shoot them...

I understand that the Nazis are barely going to be an influence, but they would still exist without Hitler; albeit, more like how we view the KKK: a movement for crazy people and disgruntled veterans.
 
There's a big difference between him never joining, him dying before the Beer Hall Putsch, and after said putsch.

If it's the last one, but living just long enough to write some memoirs...

...watch out for veterinarians. ;)
 
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