Established in January 1919, this little-known party's leaders included Anton Drexler, a Munich railroad worker, who envisioned a völkisch German state resting on broad middle-class interests and purged of Jews and foreigners. At first, Hitler found the September 12 meeting boring and was about to leave, but when the discussion turned to the possibility of Bavarian separatism, Hitler intervened in strong disagreement. Impressed by Hitler's vigorous rebuttal, Drexler gave Hitler a copy of My Political Awakening, the DAP leader's political credo, and invited Hitler to return if he wanted to join. A few days later, before Hitler had decided what to do, he received a postcard. It said that he had been accepted as a party member and urged him to attend a DAP leadership meeting for further discussion. Hitler went to this meeting--it was held in another Munich beer hall, the dimly lit Altes Rosenbad--where his sympathy for the DAP's views and his sense of personal opportunity impressed him. The exact date remains unclear, but one day during the second half of September 1919, Hitler joined the German Workers' Party as member No. 555 (the DAP's numbering began at 501 to magnify its size). He also became the seventh member of its executive committee.