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Bertolt Brecht — Part 1

93 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jul 2, 1941 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Bertolt Brecht · 91 pages OCR'd
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L&100-16112 ee na source eB 4 RE In 1939 a collection of poems written bd : “yuk ae ; y BERT BRECHT was publis - under the title “Svendborger Gedichte" by the Malik Publishing House Lenten ? i angiane. hese poems were examined, according to this source, and found te ‘\ advocate overthrow of capitalisn, establishna t . of sabotage by labor to attain its ends. ent Of ® Conruntst ae ere - teat as a Comcunist Farty sympathize _— Y3TZ, alleged OGPU erent presently in wtexico, wher Troe Ulrean Eovesent. OTTO KATZ has been active in Berlin, Moscow, Paris, — ox London, Kew York, end ifexico, and is believed to have been involved in political - a murders while in France. KATZ was aware of LANG's activities in furnishing ~ 2S. sourcceEl 3 °° IR nent een gt ere i——-- Source} | made available certain documents reflecting that in 1939 f°. a prior to his arrival in the United Stetes, BRECHT was furnished funds by FRITZ § ~~.” a LANG of Hollywood, California. This FRITZ LANG, who fa noS identical with the | > = FRITZ LANG of Lisbon, Portugal, mentioned previously, is know %< this affics. 5 - - 3. rand supporter, and es a close friend of OTTO -5 mee 3 e he is very active inthe .: t a _ Funds to BRECHT. : .. | The material made available through this source reflects that FRITZ -_ a LANG collected donatioss for the benefit of BERT BRECHT and paid ERDCHT the _~ £m of 380 per month froa July 1939 to July 1940 fron this fund. Alistof 3 the persons who donated sucs to LANG for the benefit of BRSCHT, together with == - ee. the axounts of their respective donations, has previously been brought to the bad = . Bureau's attention ani will not be repeated hore. , : . ~ a , In connection with this mtter, 6 letter deted August 20, apparent) ‘. ae 2939, froz OTTO-FATZ to FRITZ LANG states as Follows; “That uhich you are ee ae a doing for BRECET and KISCY 4s sizply wonderful...." KISCH undoubtedly is a SCE, who is known to be prosently active in the Free Geran a i a povenent eranating fram Mexioo. wrote to FRITZ LANG fron Loustigen 1, a | On August 27, 1939, BRECHT © Lidingo, Sweden, Fe states; “I have received your second money order. ih Kany thanks for your friendly action; it really helps me to work on in ° ee independence. The difficulty is that for instance, the small political plays all the capitals in the civilized cause they are never undertaken for < eos. Which are now being played in nearly TORS Terry ee ay = world don't naturally bring in @ penny be ca _tomercial oses, After the ‘ocnguest' of Prague, cy dranas ucre printed = ° for the sec. in2 stanped out for the second time. I have therefore no? - difficulty iw aceepting the money. However, I will take the liberty of sending = you fron tine to tine « mober of copies of ny new workBe =~ _ Theta. ° -10- SE A i ny Pa se Scser? . waa ar Se Re RG at oat flag pnen A y TRN T gOe LEN NF wt NR aD rang nw ag Oe pies of men ae OE Ot te SO aaa ee OE ge,
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