I personally think that someone who has such an 'essential' philosophy of being would try to apply this to the nature of people and nations.
Aparrently not.
I believe that he was attracted to Nazism because he thought that it enacted some of his basic principles.
Some have argued that but when it comes to ground-level Ontology, I don't see it.
I confess that I found Heidegger a bore, and never read much, especially when I found out that he was a Nazi.
Well, I'm really only a fan of Being and Time as it addresses Ontology itself in a way that speaks to me.
Wittgenstein was more my style.
Well, in general, mine too - though he's a bit of a "philisophical mechanic" and I find myself leaning more towards the metaphysics of Spinoza these days.