Yes, “Nazi” is a short name for “National Socialist German Workers’ Party.” They put socialist in the name to draw people away from communism, even though this was a far-right organization. Many people try and claim that Nazis were socialist, but they really weren’t. Mike Stuchbery, a history teacher, and writer, recently posted a long series of tweets on this very subject. He was posting in response to this tweet:

Here is Stuchbery’s response:

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