The league was a rallying point for revanchist and nationalistic forces from the beginning. Within the organization a worldview oriented toward the prior Imperial regime and the Hohenzollern monarchy predominated, many of its members promoting the "Dolchstosslegende" ("Stab-in-the-back legend") and the "November Criminals" bias against the Weimar Coalition government. Its journal, "Der Stahlhelm", was edited by Count Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, later hanged for his part in the 20 July plot. Financing was provided by the "Deutscher Herrenklub", an association of German industrialists and business magnates with elements of the East Elbian landed gentry ("Junker"). Jewish veterans were denied admission and formed a separate "Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten".