Claim: Aufbau Vereinigung, originally known as Die Bruecke, was a vital influence on the development of Nazi ideology according to Michael Kellog, as it gave Hitler the idea of a vast Jewish conspiracy, involving a close alliance between international finance and Bolshevism and threatening disaster for mankind.
Evidence: The group was originally known as Die Bruecke (The Bridge). According to Michael Kellogg, the Aufbau Vereinigung was a vital influence on the development of Nazi ideology in the years before the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 as well as financing the NSDAP with, for example, funds from Henry Ford. It gave Hitler the idea of a vast Jewish conspiracy, involving a close alliance between international finance and Bolshevism and threatening disaster for mankind.