The Völkisher Beobachter

The newspaper started life in 1887 as the Münchener Beobachter, a local paper serving the Munich suburb of Haidhausen.
After several changes of name and owners, the now struggling paper became the official organ of the NSDAP on December 25th, 1920.
It was acquired through the efforts of Dietrich Eckart (an early mentor of Hitler), who secured funding to purchase the publication for the NSDAP.
The paper moved from weekly to a daily publication in February 1923. 

The Völkisher Beobachter was not a conventional newspaper; it was a "combat paper" (Kampfblatt) designed for agitation rather than objective reporting.
Its style was intentionally lurid, overblown, and aggressive.

After the failed Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923, the Bavarian government banned the paper (as well as the Nazi Party).
It did not resume publication until February 1925, following Hitler's release from prison.

One of its final editions was publishing Adolf Hitler's final military order on April 17th 1945 which urged troops to stand fast against the Soviet advance on Berlin.
On October 29th 1945, the Allied Control Council issued Law No. 2, which officially terminated and liquidated Nazi organisations including the newspaper.