Please see the Hayek quote on my FR profile page. It’s the third one down, two paragraphs. He was a trained contemporaneous observer. And I’ll try to send you another good link or two on the general subject when I’m on my computer.
The Nazis and Italian Fascists were national socialists, the Soviets were international socialists. From the standpoint of someone who really believes in individual freedom there isn’t a nickel’s difference between the two.
I’ve been researching the difference between the two on the internet. The way I see it is Hitler took over the NDSP and kept the Nazi term rather than coming up with a new name.
Some further useful links on the Nazis as socialists.
HITLER WAS A SOCIALIST
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/hitler.html
Hitler’s Handouts - Inside the Nazis’ welfare state
http://reason.com/archives/2007/08/15/hitlers-handouts
Hitler’s Strident Anti-Marxism
Anti-Semitism and the Nazi Fight against Soviet Marxism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3336852/posts