In 1917 there had been a communist revolution in Russia where the Communist Party took over all businesses, factories and farms. Busiessmen and farmers were paticularly frightened of Communism taking over in their own country. Since Communists didn't believe in religion, religious people were also worried.
From the start, Hitler had said that he would fight communism. The SA (brownshirts) were sent out to beat up his Communist opponents. This helped him gain support from the middle and upper classes (businessmen, landowners, factory owners e.t.c.) becuase he promised to deal with the Communist threat.
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