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Why were the Nazis called the Please help it's for AP Euro
homework /:
And yes I know that socialism
and communism are different
Marx's idea of socialism was a
step between capitalism and
communism. Also Germany had
and alliance with Russia.
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because socialist and communist are two different things. also they were more against the russians than communism. |
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The operative word is nationalist. At that time in Germany the communists were considered agitators whose allegiance was to Soviet Russia. But in the end, Hitler proved a Marxist by absorbing key industries, controlling the media and developing methods of neutralizing political opposition. |
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First off, socialism and Communism are not synonymous. Second, in Hitler's Germany, "National Socialist" was a compound term with a specific meaning, just like "fire extinguisher" means something quite different than "fire hazard." Remember also that after World War II, East Germany called itself the "German Democratic Republic," although it was neither democratic nor a republic - it was hardly even German, when one considers that it was a puppet state created by the Soviet Union. So names can be deceptive. Edit: The alliance between Hitler and Stalin was a "marriage of convenience," in that they did not accept one another's ideologies - they merely agreed to divide up the countries that laid between them. Hitler made many speeches denouncing Marxism, and he outlawed the Communist Party in Germany. |
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Because they were anti-capitalist as well as anti-communist. The Nazi's felt that both capitalism and communism exploited workers. They favored a third position, which had some of the economic control of communism, but also some of the economic freedom of capitalism. The Nazis economic goal was to support workers (who were of the proper "blood")--the same goal as actual socialism--but without the massive governmental controls prevalent in socialism. The "socialism" part of the name, therefore refers to the social welfare aspect of their party (for those of the correct race), rather than the actual economic system. If you were to view modern-day social democrats on a political compass with the Nazis, you would find that they would be relatively close on the economic axis (although extremely far apart on the other axis). |
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