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Bertolt Brecht — Part 4
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; ™“" Brecht was dorn February £0, 1898, Augsburg, Gerzany. He ~ sa
Bolen Weigel, actress, Berlin, Geraany, 1928, and bas two crom =
“Btefan and Barbara. Be entered the United States with his fently”
at San Pedro, California, July 21, 1941, aboard the 88 Annie Jackson from -%-
! Relsingsfor, Finland, At first he resided at 817 25th Strect, Santa Yonica,
California and later at 1063 26th Stre-t, Santa Monica, his present addresse
He filed his declaration of intention Deceaber 6, 1941, at Los Ancelesa
- = he book "20th Century Authors” states that Brecht's writings
and “wmremitting political activities--he was a member of the Augsburg Sevolu=
tionary Cam-ittee—earned him the honor of being Sth in the Nari list when
-Ritler's Beerhall Putsch failed. It states further that after Sitler's rise
to power Brecht was expelled fran the Sri Reich and thereafter lived in France,
Wormay, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Tho book “Carnany; A Self
_, Portrait" states that after Breoht escaped from Germany when i!itler case to
power he lived in France, Denmark, Norway, Soviet ‘ussia, oni ths United States.
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™ , *"- " 7% has been reported that in Germany Brecht was a aamber of various
g iy Communist Front organisations end participated in many affairs sponsored by the
“\ ‘German Communist party. It has further been reported thet both Mr. and Mrs.
42 1 Brecht were Communists in Germany and there was no doubt about their political
. attitude as it was evidenced in their activities and associations and in the
writings of Brecht. It has been separately alleged that in Cernany Brecht had
the reputation of being radical and en associate of persons with Cozinist in
@linations, and that in the United States Brecht continued tc be s radical and
an enewy of capital isa,
- “sa 1930 Brecht together with Banns Eisler wrote an educational play
r entities “Die Massnalme", which appears in the collected works of Bortholt Brecht,
‘pages 529 to 368. This play deals with the work of four Cocumist aritators -.
engaged in s propaga mission eho find it necessary to kill o youn: Comamist
comrade ‘even though his intentions were food because his activities threatened
to endanger Caxamist movement. The book reportedly advocates Corsuniet world
revolution by vielent means. Soth Hanns Sisler and Brecht roportedly published
, @ letter along with this play in which the play wus defended as an educstionel
" play and in which they requosted that its presentation be moved fron all cen
sorships ~
‘.. Ya about 1931 Brecht and Hanns Bisler reportedly’oo-au'?. ored e
‘ mareh knom as “Song of Solidarity” which was leter adopted with their permission
as the song of the Communist Youth Organization ia Germany prior to Hitler's
rise to powers
Tt has been reported that in 1952 Brectt ws in Moscow s'
pieture with Canmunistic tendencies entitled “Kuhlewanpe". ‘usic fer
cure allegedly was written by Hanns Fieler who was believed to be
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