The KPD (German communist party) held the official stance that the SPD (Social Democrats) were fascist. This was when the actual NSDAP were still a fringe minor

The KPD (German communist party) held the official stance that the SPD (Social Democrats) were fascist. This was when the actual NSDAP were still a fringe minority. After the war, when the Berlin Wall was constructed, its official name in East Germany was “Antifascist Protection Rampart”. It’s hard not to notice that in official Communist usage even before WWII, the term “fascist” typically meant nothing other than “enemy”, which is how a lot of modern leftists use the term today. I can even find instances of anti-Stalinist leftists calling Stalin a fascist, which is fair enough to me!