Socialism in National Socialism

White the Nazi Party was always dominated by the charisma of Adolf Hitler, until he gained complete dominance after 1934, there were multiple interpretations of the socialism' part of the political philosophy of National Socialism. Nyomarkay suggests that while ideology is the basis of authority in Marxist movements, charisma was always the Nazi basis of leadership. In other words, Nazi ideology was what Hitler believed.

If socialism, broadly, involves ownership of production, Hitler allowed a variety of socialist ideas to coexists, until they came into conflict with his political strategy. He always emphasized that Naziism was a political, not economic revolution. Nyomarkay divides the evolution into four overlapping time periods:

• Before mass movement (1919-1925)
• Rise of the Nazis (1925-1930)
• Rise of the Sturmabteilung (SA) (1926-1934)
• Consolidation (1934-1945)