[Ads-l] Antedating of "National Socialism" (= Nazism)

[Shapiro, Fred]

National Socialism (OED 1930)

1922 New York Times 21 Nov. 21/1 (Newspapers.com)  Hitler has been called "the Bavarian Mussolini," and his followers the Bavarian Fascisti.  There is nothing socialistic about the National Socialism he preaches.

NOTE:  There are earlier citations for "nationsl socialism," but they refer to non-Nazi entities.

Fred Shapiro

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