The National Socialist government of Germany held almost all of the power. Every level of German society was controlled by the Nazis. Whether it was businesses, state governments, cities or singing groups, everyone had to have over 50 percent of their leaders Nazi Party members in good standing. Lenin started this trend in Russia. He banned all independent labor unions, strikes and walkouts. Everyone had to join the government labor union. Hitler simply followed Lenin's example. Hitler created the German Labor Front. This Nazi controlled union was one of the biggest departments in Hitler's Germany. See the German Labor Front Wikipedia page. Mussolini also followed Lenin's labor policies. The German National Socialists, and Italian Fascists were all left-wing socialists. They said so. Mussolini was a Marxist for much of his life, who declared that he was "the Lenin of Italy" in 1919. See their Wikiquote pages.