Explanation: The Nazis, as they are better known, were formally the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). Despite this, their claims to be socialist was never very strong - nor a workers’ party, for that matter, as their support came primarily from the middle class. For that matter, in their most famous period after they took power, they purged the more-left-wing (insofar as such a leaning is possible within the bizarre Nazi worldview) faction, and openly aligned themselves with capitalist magnates, who were getting nervous about the left-wing talk in some corners of this “socialist” party, and were greatly relieved by Hitler’s reconciliation with big business and privatization.