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Just because he called the party the Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (national socialist workers' party) don't be taken in by the myth. He was an authoritarian nationalist right-wing fascist. He opposed, imprisoned, tortured and murdered all representatives of communist, socialist and liberal organisations (including my wife's grandfather), banned their parties and sought full totalitarian state control of political and public life backed up by militaristic force.