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— a coy FD-36 __ _. --- MEBAL BUREAU OF IMVESTI'_ bs 3 ie [aor _— UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AIRTEL __ NEW YORK! x, Y. ey wy 23, 1958 Trenseit the following Teletype sessage to: BUREAU - 3 ' BERTOLT EUGEN FRIEDRICE-BRECHT, ISR re 2 Re N¥tel 3/22/56. : poe In a‘review by Brooks Atkinson, "New York Times" J 4, _ “1/31/56, ne he stated in part, "In a series of eleven scenes ,“4,+if);%° | ' 1The Private Life of the Master Race' traces the rise of (“ ‘4. - Hitlerism in terms of representative German people, the middle and lower-classes, the scholars, the Jews, the tradespeople, a Christian preacher and, finally, ,bome Hamburg workers who mean to - preserve the ideals of humanity. The review also reflected that the scenes depicted a brutally contemptuous storm trooper, a disingenuous enemy of the. _Pegime, a girl shocked by Nazi arrogance, a honey-voiced propa- gandist and a Jewish wife who recognizes some terrible realities. INS Inspectors and Qe s+2t22 the play showed hatred and contempt for the Nazis. Eric Russel Bentley, who translated above play, according to 1952-1953 "Who's Who," was born in England, September 14, 1916, ebta h. Yale University and married Maja Tschernjakow | Bentley _Gescribed as a free lance writer and European correspondent of Theatre arts 1948-1949. NYO | will further identify Bentley and report in captioned ae /. a 7 af 100- wap - 24 G)- Bureau (100-190707 (RM) oe) /: 1 - New York «G 7077) La { AMR)