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Bertolt Brecht — Part 1
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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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