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Bertolt Brecht — Part 4
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me ff Bs =" Brecht was born February £0, 1898, Augsburg, Serzany. te =
{febrero actress, Berlin, Geraany, 1928, and has two crom =. #
ohil. ‘Stefan and Barbara. Be entered the United States with his fently
at San Pedro, California, July 21, 1941, aboard the SS Annie Jackson from... .
' Helsingsfor, Finland. At first he resided at 817 25th Strect, Santa “onioa,
California and iater at 1063 26th Stre-t, Santa Monica, his present address.
He filed his declaration of intention Deceaber 6, 194], at Los Angelesé
The book “20th Century Authors” states that Brecht's writings
and ‘unrenitting ne political activitics--he was a member of the Augsburg Sevolue —
* thoemry Com-ittee—earned him the honor of being Sth in the Wari list when
_-Ritler's Beerhall Putsoh failed. It states further that after Sitlor's rise
te power Brecht was expelled fras the Sri Reich and thereafter lived in Frmce,
Norway, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Tho book “Carnany; A Self
-, Portrait states that after Breoht escaped from Germany when i/itler case to
"power he lived in Prance, Denmark, Norway, Soviet ‘ussia, oni ths United States.
i ' Tt hes been reported that in Germany Brecht was a aamber of various
ay. comauniat Front organisations and participated in many affairs sponsored by the
\ “german Communist party. It has further been reported that both Mr. and Mrs.
#2 1. Brecht were Comunists in Germany and there was no doubt about their political -
attitude as it was evidenced in their activities and asscciations and in the |
writings of Brecht. It has been separately alleged that in Cermany srecht hed
the reputation of being radical and en associate of persons with Coniunist in-
m -\ Glinations, and that in the United States Brecht continued tc be radical and
m 7h: an enemy of capital isa.
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ae “: Yn 1930 Breoht together with Banos Eisler wrote an educational play
as entitied "Die Massnalme", which appears in the collected works of Bortholt Brecht,
er + pages 829 to 363. This play deale with the work of four Con-umist aritators -.
We: engaged in s propaga mission who find it necessary to rill a youn: Conwmist
i=): comrade ‘even though his intentions were food because his activities threatened
: To endanger ( Communist movenent. The book reportedly advocates Comsuntat world -
same 1 satel am at al an b Sat. Bees ta at aw an.) Thanh aS 2 mock DE ahead
Pan _ 6 letter along with this splsy in which the play wus defended . as an educations]
"3." " Srey and in which they requosted that its presentation be rezoved fron all cen-
ror sorehipe .
s . Yn about 1951 Brecht and Hanns Bisler reportedly’oo-aut ored e
mareh noms, as “Song of Solidarity” which was leter adopted with their permission
as the song of the Conauniat Youth Organization in Germany prior to Hitler*s
rise to powers
Tt has been reported that in 1982 Brecht ws in Moscow shd
pieture with Canmunistio tendencies entitled “Kuhlewampe". ‘Music fer @x
picture. sdrecedly was written by Hanns Bisler who was believed to be ig §
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