[Hoot Gibson]

Hitler as a Fascist. He would have sent anyone away to be "re Educated" simpling by grouping him with Communist, Progressives, or even Socialist.

Yes, you are correct, but Hitler was a member of the National Socialist Party of Germany. The Nazis had much in common with Stalin's Communist Party, but Hitler wanted to eliminate Russia as a threat so that he could focus his attention on western Europe. Hitler rose to power by demonizing a wealthy minority in his country (the Jews) and seizing their property, much the same way that the bolsheviks scapegoated the Russian aristocracy to stir up discontent among Russian peasants. Hitler was a left wing dictator and all left wing dictators employ extreme class envy to further their political agendas.

Like you, I was taught in school that Hitler was a right winger, but I long ago concluded that was not the case. Of course, the political spectrum is more of a circle than a line, and no matter which end you place a person, the ends are closer to each other than to the middle.