Today, when most people think of nazis they think of bigots. Or maybe they think of fascists.
But, as I understand it, the word itself comes from "national socialism" (similar to how 1984's Ingsoc was the English Socialist Party).
Were the nazis ever really socialists?
Assuming they have, when and under what circumstance did nazis themselves ever give up any ambition or pretence of socialism? Or Germany nationalism, for that matter, seeing as they are hardly tied to Germany any more.
Did the public ever generally believe the Nazis to be or have sincere ambitions towards socialism? Is World War II and the Jewish holocaust the only reason this perception changed? Was there a general doubt of their sincerity even before this? Or was there even any belief in their sincerity afterwards?
You might be interested in this older answer by u/kieslowskifan. Racial hatred was always an intrinsic element to the way the Nazis interpreted socialism; moreover, as time went on, they abandoned all pretense to being socialist even in their own ultra-nationalist fashion. Since the Nazis, by definition, were anti-intellectual and opposed the very notion of a rigorous ideological underpinning to their policies, they cannot be shown to have paid more than opportunistic lip service to more formal political ideologies like socialism.