The NSDAP (Nazis) formed out of the Thule society, which was a pagan/occult order in Munich that included members like Rudolph Hess and Dietrich Eckhart, the latter of whom was Hitler's mentor in the occult and to whom Hitler dedicated Mein Kompf. I make this point to establish the pagan/occult roots of the Nazis, which has been downplayed in mainstream history books, and should answer the question of who the bad actors were. This is esoteric/mystery school stuff that goes back to Babylon, which has always been evil.

The Nazis were primarily a pagan religious movement that selected the model of Fascism off the shelf as a convenient political vehicle. Hitler, prior to his ascension, owned every copy of Ostara (aka Ishtar, Inanna, etc) magazine and met with its publisher. He and many Germans owned copies of The Secret Doctrine and Isis Unveiled by Helena Blavatsky and were highly influenced by her Theosophy movement. Blavatsky was the first who identified the ancient symbol of the swastika as particularly significant to the Aryan "root race." Hitler adopted it and the pagan runes of Guido von List, which were used as symbols on Nazi uniforms and medals. The evidence of the Nazi movement being born from the occult runs deep.