Through Förster - Nietzsche 's editions , Nietzsche 's name became associated with German militarism and Nazism , although later 20th - century scholars have counteracted this conception of his ideas .
Through Förster - Nietzsche 's editions , Nietzsche 's name became associated with German militarism and Nazism , despite his own opposition to anti-semitism and nationalism . 
 Later 20th - century scholars have counteracted this conception of his ideas .