If communism and nazism are two sides of the same coin, why did German industrials led by Fritz Thyssen donate three million marks to the NSDAP to help them consolidate power in March 1933? Although Hitler did sponsor some state-owned enterprises (Kraftdurchfreudewagen/Volkswagen) for the most part the Nazis were a friend of German big business. Nazism is also distinct from Communism in that it preaches the national and ethnic superiority of the Aryan race and hatred of Jews as a race.