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Why do the right claim that Hitler was left-wing? [closed]

This is taken from a speech by Adolf Hitler, April 12, 1921: There are only two possibilities in Germany; do not imagine that the people will forever go with the middle party, the party of ...
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Did Björn Höcke sue (and win?) for being called "new Hitler" or "AfD fascist"?

Somewhat related to a recent question, where in answers we find out out that several AfD members won defamation lawsuits for being called "Nazi", Höcke was called "new Hitler" and ...
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Is AfD officially considered a "Nazi" party by German courts?

In Have any prominent politicians in the West called for Ukraine to surrender territory to Russia? user @o.m. states that: He is a member of the German parliament for the AfD, a nazi party. (Some ...
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Why didn't Nazis have their own constitution?

Nazis didn't write a constitution and adopted The Weimar Constitution that was in force since 1919. The Enabling Act of 1933 was the only implemented reform to this constitution. Given that Nazis were ...
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Were there any elements of socialism in Nazism? [duplicate]

I know that the Nazis hated communism but it is a bit ironic that they themselves had the word socialism in their party's name (National Socialist German Workers' Party. Nationalsozialistische ...
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How does 9/11 compare with the fire in the Reichstag, Berlin – in terms of consequences? [closed]

Is there a similarity between 9/11 and the USA PATRIOT act and the Reichstag Fire in 1933, after Hitler used democracy to seize absolute power (although 67% didn't vote for him)? After 9/11 the ...
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What are the concrete demands of Germans who want to "put an end to" (Schlussstrich ziehen) nazi commemorations?

The head of the German nationalist party Alternative für Deutschland (AFD) has demanded einen Schlussstrich unter Deutschlands Nazi-Vergangenheit, which in English translates more or less as to put an ...
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What was the reaction of the AfD to the NSU murders?

The NSU was a Nazi terrorist organization in Germany which murdered 10 people in the early 2000s. The case was prominently discussed in Germany not only because of the murders, but also because of ...
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How do today's Germans perceive the Nazis

I am curious about the perceptions of Germans today with regard to their country's past? What do they generally have to say about Hitler and the events of the holocaust?
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