No, Hitler Wasn't a Communist

Historians and others debunk the latest far-right alternative fact

We might have called ourselves the Liberty Party. We chose to call ourselves National Socialists. We are not Internationalists. Our Socialism is national. We demand the fulfillment of the just demands of the productive classes by the state on the basis of race solidarity. To us state and race are one.

—Adolf Hitler, quoted in a 1923 interview with journalist George Sylvester Viereck in The American Monthly.

I have a personal note to share with all of you. Something I haven’t really gone into before because—especially for those readers who know me in real life—it may come as a surprise.

I am an international beauty influencer and fashion icon.

I mean, I hardly ever wear makeup—let alone post about it. The most recognizable label in my wardrobe is Old Navy. And, those of you who have met me know that I’m 53 years old, overweight, with gray hair and bifocals and a day-to-day uniform that often involves jeans or sweatpants.

But I feel like a beauty queen. I think it makes me more appealing. S…