If you anything about history, you would not need references. You would just belittle the references anyway. But if you knew anything about history, you would know that all of these statements fits perfectly with who they were and what was going on, and yes, they claimed to be socialists. They also had a fiat system, they had a welfare system and the most progressive tax system in the world. Although they allowed private industry, they opposed capitalism devoid of central planning. Hitler's philosophy was to allow such private control so long as they could be controlled. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti-big business, anti-bourgeouis, and anti-capitalistic rhetoric, although such aspects were later down played in order to gain the support of industrial entities. In other words, Hitler cared neither for industry or for the people, he was only after control.
The NSDAP headed the welfare efforts in NAZI Germany. Many of the ministers, state secretaries, and advisers acted the part of traditional demagogues, constantly asking themselves how best to secure and consolidate general satisfaction and daily buying public approval or at least indifference. During the war the Nazi leadership tried to distribute food supplies in such a way that they were seen to be fairly allocating, but especially to the poor. They did all this to maintain the apparent stability of the Reichsmark to prevent any worrying reminder of the inflation of the 1914-1918 war or the collapse of the German currency in 1923. After all, their currency was a fiat currency and not based upon gold. Therefore, public confidence was vital to maintain the value of the currency. Hitler saw to it that the farmers, manual workers, white collar workers and lower class workers were not significantly burdened by taxes, however, the "rich" had to pay taxes out the ying yang. The exceptional tax of RM8abn that property owners were required to pay at the end of 1942 in Nazi Germany is but an example of the policy of such social justice.
Hitler said that the welfare of the German people, or the Deutsche Volk, was the supreme good, which is why the state took over medical care. Once the Nazis seized control they quickly required compulsary vaccination and sterilization of certain segments of the population that were regarded as genetically inferior. In fact, the Nazis were health nuts. Hitler became a vegetarian in 1931 and there were health campaigns to urge people to eat whole grain bread instead of white bread. In 1939 it was also found that smoking contributed to cancer, as regulations were put into place to forbid public smoking. The Nazis also promoted prevention of illness and declared a war on cancer. Robert Ley, the head of the Labor Front, urged workers to drink tea instead of their traditional beer, however, his anti-alcohol campaign suffered from his notorious drunken state.
In terms of PETA, the Nazis gave them a run for their money as well. Heinrich Hemmler made an effort to ban hunting of animals and on April 21, 1933, almost immediatly after the Nazi regime came to power the parliament began to pass laws for the regulation of animal slaughter and use in medical experiments. In fact, Nazi Germany was the first nation to ban vavisection. Hermann Goring proudly announced, "those who still think we can continue to treat animals as inanimate property will be sent to concentration camps." LOL.
