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It was because Hitler hated the Communist movement and wanted to set his party apart from the Communists. The best way to capture that opposition was to get th
by olddustytrail 3y ago
It was because Hitler hated the Communist movement and wanted to set his party apart from the Communists.
The best way to capture that opposition was to get the Socialists on his side so that's what he went for by calling his party Socialist and setting them in direct opposition to the Communists.
- panarchy 3y agoActually Hitler objected to the socialist moniker. It was inserted into the name (to intentionally appeal to uninformed leftist workers) by the executive committee (the proposal was put forth by Rudolf Jung). (Why Hitler?: The Genesis of the Nazi Reich, Mitcham, 1996)
- Obscurity4340 3y agoThanks! This makes the most sense to me