The Geismann Brewery in the Franconian city of Fürth opened its hall for events in 1896. As it was the largest event space in the city, it was frequently used for concerts, festivals, and political gatherings. This 1926 photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann, who documented the activities of the Nazi Party and eventually became Hitler's personal photographer, shows Hitler dressed in civilian clothes leaving an event in the Geismann Hall. Hitler had been released from prison early in December 1924 and had re-established the previously banned NSDAP in February 1925. As he was still banned from public speaking in Bavaria at the time, he could not appear as a speaker during this event. However, the number of his supporters greeting him in front of the establishment indicates that he was still very popular, especially in Bavaria. In Franconia, the NSDAP benefited in particular from the agitation of the antisemitic, right-wing extremist publisher Julius Streicher, who had been a party member since 1922 and began publishing his propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer in 1923.