 During the 1930s and 1940s, Gadamer was able to accommodate himself, on his account, reluctantly, first to National Socialism and then briefly, to Communism. While Gadamer did not identify himself strongly with either regime (he was never a member of the National Socialist Party, although he did belong to the affiliated National Socialist Teachers Union), neither did he draw attention to himself by outright opposition. However some have seen his stance as too acquiescent, and others have argued that he was indeed supportive of the Nazi dictatorship or of some aspects of it (see Wolin 2000 as well as the reply in Palmer 2002; see also the discussion in Krajewski 2003, 169–306; for Gadamer’s own comments on this issue see the interview/conversation, ‘The real Nazis had no interest in us at all’, Gadamer 2001).