No, Hitler wasn't a socialist. He was a fascist.
Why people get confused on the issue is because those that simply look at the names of historical items, rather than examining their context, see the word "socialist" in the official name of the Nazi party, and presume that they are socialists as we currently think of the word.
That's not the case.
Hitler was not a socialist. He was a fascist. The Nazi party, despite its name, was not a socialist party. It was a fascist party.
Bear in mind that Saddam Hussein called himself a President, the nation had a Parliament, and was deemed a Republic - if we were to take their word on it at least.
What words a nation chooses to identify itself with are up to that nation. That doesn't always mean it's accurate, or that it applies in a modern context however.
They were not. Hitler wasn't a socialist. He was a fascist.
Why people get confused on the issue is because those that simply look at the names of historical items, rather than examining their context, see the word "socialist" in the official name of the Nazi party, and presume that they are socialists as we currently think of the word.
That's not the case.
Hitler was not a socialist. He was a fascist. The Nazi party, despite its name, was not a socialist party. It was a fascist party.
Bear in mind that Saddam Hussein called himself a President, the nation had a Parliament, and was deemed a Republic - if we were to take their word on it at least.
What words a nation chooses to identify itself with are up to that nation. That doesn't always mean it's accurate, or that it applies in a modern context however.
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Adolf Hitler was elected chairman of the Nazi Party on July 28th, 1921. He replaced Anton Drexler, who was basically the founder of the party.
During the 1930's, the Nazi's were not socialists. They bitterly opposed socialism, communism, or any other ism, that promoted class interests of workers' rights above German ethnic solidarity. Adolf Hitler led the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party rose to power during the 1930's.
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