Hitler was not a socialist. To claim that he was is ridiculous, given that he threw all the socialists in jail. He was a nationalist whose party claimed to be 'socialist' by their own special definition, which had few if any of the traits by which we recognise socialsim.
>>9 "He was a right wing socialist. Everything must be controlled by the state etc.. It's the very definition of socialism. Tyrants loev socialism."
Lousi the IV said "l'etat, c'est moi", which means 'I am the state'. That does not make Louis IV a socialist- he was a fucking king, for crying out loud. Socialisn means that 'property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control'- i.e. not under the control of a single man, like, oh, say, Hitler.