In this TimeGhost video in their series Between 2 Wars (https://youtu.be/0dnK-5wEBf0), they explained that Hitler was once sympathetic to the social democratic cause and has yet to form his now famous antisemitic and anti communist views. This goes nicely with the explanation of how he was present at the funeral of Kurt Eisner (I’m not sure if he was really there) and had no problems being under the People's State of Bavaria during the early months of 1919. Which is interesting because there is yet any mentions of the would be dictator’s political views in his early days, at least in Wikipedia page of it (save for those trying frame him as a socialist and present the nazis as socialists)
Are there any proof in early writings and testimony that Hitler had some sympathies to the left or just a maybe explanation for these odd events that he was in during 1919?
P.S I want to clarify that this post is in no way a gotcha journalism designed to debate around the issue of whether or not the Nazis were socialists/left wing. I hold the view that they are of the far right spectrum and did not practice socialism when they came to power. This is a question to ask about issues that have been raised by those who r trying to frame Hitler as a socialist. For I believe that if we don’t address these “Nazis r socialists” and their arguments, people unaware could have a distorted view of history and all aspects that come with it.
Hi there,
On /r/AskHistorians we often get questions along the lines of 'what did Hitler think about X' - I mean, as an April Fools joke one year, we changed the sub to /r/AskAboutHitler. However, for better or worse, many of these questions about what Hitler thought are, in the literal sense, unanswerable. We don't know what Hitler thought about many things, and especially about things that were inconsequential for him. Hitler did not keep a diary, and the collections of his private conversations are disjointed and nowhere near complete, being almost completely dependent on the post-war recollection of his intimates (who may also be unreliable in their recollections, especially given those circumstances).
Of course, you may still get an answer to this particular question! However, broadly speaking, proving the negative is very hard (there could be a 1965 article on the topic in Swahili), and if you've asked a question which is almost certainly "We don't know, and he probably didn't care anyway", few historians familiar with the topic matter actually are going to want to put in the necessary gruntwork, doubly so about a man who on a personal level was decidedly uninteresting.
For more information that will be helpful in understanding the context around your question, please read /u/commiespaceinvader's wonderful post on why Hitler's opinions actually aren't that interesting, and please see here for an example of a historian attempting to find evidence about Hitler's thoughts on a topic, but finding that it is likely unanswerable.