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To clarify: As soon as the Nazis got closer to power, socialism went out of the window entirely, culminating in the 'Night of Long Knives', which essentially eliminated the 'socialist' element that was a hangover from the early days (and was never put into practice). Remember that they also savagely persecuted social democrats and communists not only for their resistance to racism and anti-semitism, but also for their socialism. It is, in any event, highly questionable whether the above isms are compatible with 'true' socialism--the International, etc., but of course contradictions between two political views have rarely stopped anyone from adopting both. :)
Oliver Schick-
I definitely don't think socialists are Nazis.
Then why did you ask why there were not?Sorry I read that as you interpreting me as saying socialists are Nazis - which would be quite extreme, when I was making the point the other way around.
My original issue was following a response to comment about what happens when you mix nationalists and socialists... and then using the analogy of N. Korea's relationship to democracy which I think is a dishonest.
@Oliver Schick I think out the window is too strong when you look at some of their social policies (and a very small number of economic ones). But they were clearly flexible on many "beliefs".
Equally, it is hard to know whether they wouldn't have brought more of the economic aims back had they survived longer.
hugo7
I think as Oliver points out ideology is usually a mixed bag and people often straddle (or crossover) different elements.
I definitely don't think socialists are Nazis. But I think it's disingenuous to deny the socialist influence on the Nazis. In particular, controlling the means of production, anticapitalism, and the less offensive parts of their social policy.
IMO there is a legitimate question as to what the Nazis actually believed in, but I don't think you should pretend parts of their policies didn't exist just because it's embarrassing that you might agree with them.