Many of these individuals used their access as journalists or recognized intellectuals to propagate and popularize the sanitized view of Hitler's regime in American and British newspapers and journals. These Americans and Britons would return to their countries to provide the much-desired praise from respected intellects, which Hitler needed to legitimize his regime before the eyes of the world. Some of them even sat in the panel of the infamous "eugenic courts" which decided the fate of individuals deemed as "unfit" or as "useless eaters". These individuals were given unprecedented access to the inner workings of the Third Reich and personal interviews with the Fuherer himself, with all the pomp and circumstance given to actual diplomats. The foreigners, which Hitler chose to invite to Germany in order to cultivate and leverage their influence, were respected scientists, doctors, and legislators, as well as the heads of the most respected educational institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Stanford, and California State - Sacramento, all of which shared a eugenic mindset with Hitler. This is an important fact to keep in mind, as all historians agree that Adolf Hitler was a master at propaganda thus it is safe to say that Hitler understood the political implications of adding the term "socialist" to the party name. Hitler added the terms "national" and "socialist" to "German Workers' Party" when he took over the leadership. Hitler and all of his top-ranking members identified themselves as “comrades” and “socialists.” The actual name of their party was "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei", which translates to the very 'left-leaning' name "National Socialist German Workers Party".
In fact, at no point did Hitler or his officials use the term "Nazi".
Needless to say, Hitler never intended to share power with a monarch or aristocrat. To be a "conservative" at the time of Hitler was to be a "monarchist". Adolf Hitler grew up in an Austria which was still in the last throws of its traditional monarchy. The most common mischaracterization and misinformation about WWII and Holocaust history is that Hitler and his henchmen were part of the political "right".
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