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Bertolt Brecht — Part 1
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waey, STO CESUAS ek Sard AE WANN & & appeal to the Cerman peopte * te ,
force itler to abdicate and thus wocomplish in this eleventh hour the only * se
thing you are free to do and the only thing which can save Germany.“ The
caption below this picture goes on to state that the manifesto will bo brosd- oo
cast by short wave and dropped in leaflets from planes over Germany. (~~ °° a
, It mich noted here in connection with this manifesto that ‘wes
- cording to Source _» mentioned above, this early manifesto of larch 1942,"
: prepared by BRECHT, FEUCHTHANGER, and iiANN, is quite identical with the lioscow
‘ sanifeste published by the Free Gepman Comittee in Moscow during July 1945,
i: ans as will be seen later. Source wfurther points out that it is nearly
i - 3 id identical with a radio speech of one i'r. FRANKENFELD, a war prisoner in Moscow,
also made later during August 1945. Swen
According to this source, HANNS EISLER was in telephonic contact
with BERT BRECET during the period from April to August 1942. :
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this source advised that on August a3, 1942, BERT BRECET wes written a
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a letter by Ta as Mexico, D. F.«, which is knoxn to this
office as the address eae of El “Libro Libre, the publishing “house operated by the
Free German Cocrittes in Hexico. (is known to be an officer of this
Comittes. In thie letterQ” advises BRECHT that an anti-Kazi book fund
called "The Free Boox" has been started in Nexico, and that KISCH was the author
of the first book pudlished.sg requested BRECHT to help then in getting
people interested, “espacially “in “Rlollywood and Hew York. Shs also desires
B2ICHT to collaborate with thea and send an anti-Nari pley that he © mrotes |
called "Kinety-nine,” as Well as sone of his newer works. ~
This source also etvised that on August 16, 1942, BERT BRECHT was
mentioned in a letter fron (7 ‘in Mexico to G2 Sante
Honice, California. This letter reflects thet El Libro Libre has published
a book entitled "Nari Terror.” This book is indicated to be co=posed of
tere each of which is written by a different author. BERT BRECIT contribu-
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ted the chapter entitled "Gestapo.® ; a
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