The Threat of International Communism was real (the Cold War proved this 100%) and is what allowed Hitler to seize Power in Germany and justified his march eastward.
The Nazi party was never suppoerted by a majority of Germans, but the majority always opposed Communism.
No Communist Threat, No Fasist crack downs required.
History is wriitne by Communists sympathsizers. When faces with a binary choice, most people chose the lesser of two evils. Jornos always chose Communism.
Sure Russia paid dearly in WWII, but it was their F-d up idealoligy that helped start it.
Letter to the American Church. Eric Metaxas: Silence of American churches today echoes the 1930s Germans..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTzjX6USI6E