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During November, 1946, a series of articles were published in the Los Angeles. California, “Examiner ,** which were writien by Kuth Fischer. These articles exposed her brother Gerhart’s connection with the Communist organizations and also involved her brother Hans Eisier. In one installment Ruth Fischer wrote that Hans Eisler followed Gerhart to America in 1935 sad thaw wet fe Blee Vanek ibe Shen eee sete t Ghat Mane teawolead haak ant f- oth ae ee ee oe WEST PR VES EA WED 2S GE SV ESAS PSSM BA EWS LAL between the United States and Europe, making several trips to Russia to show his continued loyalty. In another installment, Ruth Fischer wrote she tested Hans degree of subservience to the Communist Party by telephoning him that he had aew instructions and thet he was to go to the corner of Rue Amsterdam and Place Clichy and there await a major she knew. Hans agreed to this arrange. ment. Upon ancther occasion, Ruth Fischer reports Hans talked with her during the Moscow trials and, according to her, Hans became hy sterica! with the . thought that he and Gerhart might feature in one of the Moscow defendants leng-winded accusations. Hans Eisler begged Ruth Fischer to let it be known that for years they had no connections, since Ruth Fischer was out of favor with the Communist Party. (199-195220-31 p.6) According to the highly confidential source heving access to Hans FSler‘s personal effects in 1945, Eisler maintained a list of books which ke had apparently left in New York City. The majority of these books reiated tc stuies of the Communist ideology. The first ten books listed by Eisler on this list are as follows: MARX: “Collection of Essays’ Reatsw. tM otsdeine. «aF Tantitiont EY ananener PAN As hr SACU GL EF VEGA EL Fh Ey | “MARX: “Capital in three volumes % ENGELS: ‘Ladwig Feuerbach’ MARX-ENGELS: ‘Letters’ LENIN: ‘About the Soviet State® ) oe LENIN: *Frem His Philesophical Heritance* ZETKIN: “memories ef Lenin’ *Leuiniem'’, four issues ess Kisier'’s Centacts in the Los Angeles Aree ( | ES is a eonfidential informant and who is ee | that among the German refugee are sympathetic to the Soviets are Hans Eisler, Bert Brecht, Lion Feucht- wenger, Heinrich Mann end others. He further stated that undoubtedly, if any one of the above individuals were given an invitation to return to Germany they PORFIENTIAL _ 67 ~ 15»