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 | | Subject: Hanns Eisler's Departing Words Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:18 pm | |
| http://eislermusic.com/depart.htm - Hanns Eisler wrote:
- My trouble started when I was subpoenaed a witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. I listened to the talk and the questions of these men and I saw their faces. As an old antifascist it became plain to me that these men represent fascism in its most direct form. That they represent the ignorance and barbarism which could lead to a new war. I was against them. There is a limit to the patience of an artist.
I saw these evil men trying to take over the affairs of this great country at a time really complicated and indeed dangerous for all of us. And I had to stand up against these men, regardless of consequences. |
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