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7) L & 100-18112 e wee . IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania BERT BRECET registered a¢ an alien enemy in February 1942 and was assigned Registration #7624464. In his application for a registration oer- tificate he gave the sane information as mentioned above concerning his birth date, arrival in the United States, and intention to become a United States citizen. He also stated that he was last a citizen of Germany, though he had been expatriated by that country. He asserted membership in an suthors’ organization known as the Pen Club, and he gave the names of Mr. and firs. WILLIAE - DIETERLE as persons who could vouch for his loyalty. He gave his residence address at that tine as 817 25th Street, Santa Monica, California, but subse- _, quently gave notice of moving to 1063 26th Street, Santa Yonica. It is to be noted that while the application for a registration certificete is made out in the name of EUGEN BEXTHOLD FRIEDRICH BHECHT, he signed the oath in connection therewith as BERTOLT EUGEN FRIEDRICH SRECHT. SOURCE Through thia source it was learned that on May 17, 1940, BRECHT, who was then in Helsingfors, Finland, entered the names of the mexbers of his fanily on the American quota waiting list in Copenhagen, Denmark. He indicated the members of his family as follows; (BER) TOLTBRECHT, born February 10, 1898, in Augsburg, German passport, written in New York 1936, valid until January 1941. "(HEL)ENE“SRECHT, neeX@EIGL, born May 12, 1900, in Vienna. Danish refugee papers written ii Copenhagen, valid until August 1940. “(STEFAN)? BRECHT, born November 3, 1924, in Berlin. Darish refugee certificate written in Copenhagen, walid until August 1940. “BARBARA BRECHT, born October 28, 1930, in Berlin. Danish refugee certificate written in Copenhagen, valid until August 1940. "My collaborator for many years, KARGARETE\SUULYSTEFFIN, bora March 21, 1908, in Berlin (Danish citizen through marriage). Danish passport written in 1956 in Copenhagen, valid wntil August, 1941.* SOURCE According to this source, BERT RECHT is believed to be the cousin of one FRITZ LANG, a know German espionage agent in Lisbon, Portugal, 1940 and 1041. This source claimed that LANG made such a statement to were