Why was Friedrich Ebert so anti-Communist?

Answer 1

Ebert was tame and timid and had a veritable Horror of revolution. Moreover, World War 1 had led to a serious split between those in the SPD who supported World War 1 (the vast majority of the SPD in the Reichstag) and the small minority who opposed it ... The USPD and KPD arose from the latter group. After the fighting between the SPD and its bands of mercenaries on the one hand, and the Spartakists (USPD and KPD) on the other in January 1919 the chances of any reconciliation were very remote.

Answer 2

# Ebert was a rather conservative Social Democrat, who was initially horrified when Germany was proclaimed a republic. # In January 1919 Ebert's government put down the Spartakist uprising in Berlin with considerable brutality. The was another radical left wing uprising in March 1919, also in Berlin, which was suppressed amid much bloodshed.