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Bertolt Brecht — Part 3

90 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Oct 20, 1947 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Bertolt Brecht · 90 pages OCR'd
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the mbjech ie « Geran refuge writer wp has Deen spy A ;Holiywood, free lancing, for varLous movie concernhs Be was born at . *-angaburg, Germazy, : ‘Pebruary 10, 1898, and arrived in the United States. J ata Petre, Oiiternts, diy’, 1941, from Finland. He is an alien, ~— ; Ta IPG Ne fo Ue Rs Te WALL be recalied that the subject testified October 30, 1947, * ‘pefare the Un-umerican Activities Comittes at which tine he steted that he a. .. was sot and never had been a mesber of any Communist Party in thia or any “+” «©, @ther country, In this conection I wish to call your attention to infarm- . .. bien received the eau fron cht wag & Buropean Communist and he, -_ . oan prove this, ‘He also states that one of Brecht's plays ms “i banned in Rasen,’ in’ 1932, by the Democratic Goverment in power at o ae ‘that tine. that the English trensiation of the. “eitle of this - Joan of the Slaughter House" and that the play —qonosres the revolution and overthrow ef the kusrt aan Gorernemst advises that Brecht was co-editor of the Cumnist *Das Freie Wort,® the English trenslation of which title is "The. ye Work." This was in Moscow and was or to the entrance of the subject further states thet Brecht im 1919 9 - aon eee ie "ee. "the flies of the Pirsan tndf cute information Ziiezing!the subject to >" 6 Communist and @ former member of the Comanist underground in Europes zt <*. le has eollaborated with Hans Kisler, presently out on bail-ender deportation 3 . s Proceedings. Brecht was exiled fron Germany in 1939, aif after that lived in <i, .Fanland, Prance and Russia. His writings in 1939, reportedly advocated overthrow of capitalisn, Mtein ita entas ‘Be bas been Ingen © accciat He is aloe tnta to Ley bam Sn tase sith roger : an Francleoo jm 1943 and 1944.
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