Why was anti-communism effective in Hitler’s rise?

Because the middle class and industrialists feared communist revolution

The governing concept is how fear of communism helped build a conservative and cross-class coalition for the Nazis. After the Russian Revolution and during the economic crisis, many middle-class Germans feared revolutionary violence, the abolition of private property and the loss of their social position. Industrialists and wealthy landowners also worried that a communist government would threaten ownership and business interests. Nazi speeches and propaganda exaggerated this danger and presented Hitler as the defender of order and property. Thus option C is correct. Option A is factually false, B confuses the target of Nazi propaganda, and D reverses Hitler’s fiercely anti-communist ideology. Anti-communism alone did not explain Nazi success, but it was a powerful political instrument.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: Hitler’s Rise to Power.