The German Labour Party (DAP) had passed through several preliminary stages which we need not record here. To begin with Drexler's venture also had other names, and the meetings did not inevitably take place in the Sternecker-Brau. On these details see Georg Franz-Willing's "Die Hitlerbewegung. Der Ursprung 1919-1922" which is factually excellent though the interpretation is sometimes questionable.