On National Socialism, quotations from leading intellectuals. First, what kind of socialism did the National Socialists want? In the 1920s, they were influenced by Oswald Spengler and Moeller van den Bruck.
In the 1930s, their top philosopher:
Link to text of Heidegger’s speech here.
In 1940, an unsympathetic socialist assessed it this way:
Link to text of Orwell’s review here.
Related: Nieztsche and the Nazis. On the philosophical roots of National Socialism.