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“CONFIDANTIAL WY 100=25648 . ' 1 . | . . Poe Toe a “Therein, ‘RUTH advised as “to the arrival of GERHART in lew York tn ‘the summer of 1941. She continues, "The closely knit German-Commnist group, - ‘brother HANNS EISLER among them, awaited their new chief respectfully. HANNS, ; _a well known musician and film composer, was a valuable link to the world of .gwarning literati, professors, actors, and other American intelligencia Mho. have found Ain | STALIN's Russia their spiritual fatherland*. : ae ve brti ale ya Ast ‘ovember “ory 10, Pas ar rn ae an Bi vi. aie at VGN Ne Bees aie ah : ine : _ wr ee te Therein, Vrs. FISCHER advises as s to , the arrival of GERHART ; BISLER, elias HANS BERGER, in New York City in 1933. She then continues, "HANNS EISLER. followed GERHART to America two years later and they met in New York. | After the sterile wrath against his Russian boss had past, HANNS was again J. conditioned for Party assignments on the cultural front, During the 30's, he travelled back and forth between the States and Europe, mking several pil- grimages to Russia. <A Party member active in the propagation of Soviet culture 4g required to demonstrate his continual loyalty by regular visits to Moscow, Later on, in the same article, Mrs. FISCHER tells of her acti- vities in the show trials of 1936 and states that the GPU Chief 7ISHINSKY gave - the third degree to a friend of hers who finally confessed that on TROTSKY'ts orders I, RUTH FISCHER, had sent him to Russia in March 1933 to assassinate STALIN, She continues, >» "During this, period, both EISLERS became very frightened. _ They feared that the mere fact o Sour family relationship would endanger their - Party careers and involve them in the purge. Their faces paled, when by chance, on one of their frequent trips to Paris, we happened to bruah by each other in the street. They were much more afraid than t or any Pers onal contact”. le 1 dat d_N mbe 2. 2.6 ae . ee oa ce ota me, ‘Therein, Mire. FISCHER writes of how she ascertained the degree of HANNS | EISLER's service to the Party and how she was disgusted with this service She further remarks that HANNS had contacted her “in @ voice bordering on hysteris _ and demanded of her again and again why the defendants confessed in Moscow", She : continues to state that the long-winded self-accusations usually involve new ~~ =e Tem shine tt +h. thnk thnk be ae SODUADM tt Pan bee fe people and PCN SH Wik Wi CVE Ula 1 GR UW GR A CU od Ue of them "had reduced HANNS to a state of political palsy*. She says that he - . begged her to let it be knomm that for years they had had no connections and adds that she herself made no attempts to hide her contempt for him, She. then states that "I asked him what had happened to GERHART, and at the mention of his brother's name he was seized with a paralytic shock, unable to utter another word.