Did the Nazi's actually consider Nietzsche a political influence on them?

by FlowersAtLast

If they did, did they say specifically why?

intangible-tangerine

You'll probably be interested to know that Nietzsche himself was NOT in sympathy with the Nazi ideology, but his younger sister Elizabeth was, after his death she heavily edited and even forged his writings to make him appear to have shared her views. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/7018535/Criminal-manipulation-of-Nietzsche-by-sister-to-make-him-look-anti-Semitic.html