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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by olddustytrail on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:41PM (#38225554)
It was because Hitler hated the Communist movement and wanted to set his party apart from the Communists.

The best way to capture that opposition was to get the Socialists on his side so that's what he went for by calling his party Socialist and setting them in direct opposition to the Communists.

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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by Obscurity4340 on Friday November 10, 2023 @07:48PM (#38226469)
Thanks! This makes the most sense to me
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Re:Albert Einstein in 1939 composed a message for the people... by panarchy on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:13PM (#38243691)
Actually Hitler objected to the socialist moniker. It was inserted into the name (to intentionally appeal to uninformed leftist workers) by the executive committee (the proposal was put forth by Rudolf Jung).

(Why Hitler?: The Genesis of the Nazi Reich, Mitcham, 1996)

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