evoking civil rights for Jews, and expelling those Jews who had immigrated into Germany after the war began. All these points reinforced Hitler's anti-Semitism. Soon after, the treatment of the Jews was a major theme of Hitler's, and the increasing blaming of the Jews for price raises, political instability, unemployment, and the embarrassment in the war, found a willing audience. Hitler tied Jews to internationalism. The name of the party was changed to the National Socialist German Worker's party, and the red flag with the swastika was adopted as the party symbol. A local newspaper, which appealed to anti-Semitism, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and Hitler raised funds to purchase it for the party. The Nazi party began drawing thousands of new members, many of whom were victims of hyperinflation and found comfort in blaming the Jews for this trouble.
The Bavarian government defied the Weimar Republic, accusing it of being too far left. Hitler endorsed the fall of the Weimar Republic, and declared at a public rally on that he was prepared to m
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