Rainer Zitelmann

The theory that Hitler had been a confirmed believer in private ownership and an opponent of nationalization hides the contradictions – and also the development – of his economic ideas.

Despite the Left's denials that Hitler was a socialist, a careful reading of his writings and speeches tells a different story. His sympathies lay with the workers, not the bourgeoisie.

Hitler recognized that his alliance with the bourgeois and right-wing forces—without which he would never have come to power—was irreconcilable with the radical revolutionary policies he had conceived.