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How Socialist were the National Socialists? Part 1

An Endless "Debate"

John Ganz
May 05, 2026
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The Siemens-Reiniger-Werke under National Socialism

Every so often, there’s a post that goes viral claiming that the Nazis were actually left-wing, anti-capitalist, and socialist. Usually, the main piece of evidence is the full name of the party, which was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei — National Socialist German Worker’s Party, but sometimes people attempt to bring in putative examples …

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