deputy death_date successor death_place birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
karl harrer -lrb- 1919-1920 -rrb- 24 february 1942 adolf hitler munich , germany munich , germany german dap nsdap chairman of the dap 13 june 1884 5 january 1919 anton_drexler . jpg anton drexler
 29 june 1921 anton drexler politician
anton drexler

anton drexler -lrb- 13 june 1884 -- 24 february 1942 -rrb- was a german far-right political leader of the 1920s who was instrumental in the formation of the pan-german and anti-semitic german workers ' party -lrb- `` deutsche arbeiterpartei '' - dap -rrb- , the antecedent of the nazi party -lrb- `` nationalsozialistische deutsche arbeiterpartei '' - nsdap -rrb- .
drexler served as mentor to adolf hitler during his early days in politics .
