COMMUNIST CULTURAL SCHOOL IN EASTERN GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 17, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. The a ct location of the school is not kn(xr; It was in a 4aooded. and
raoun-l afmc s region. leaving Dreedon about 1930
in the evening, and arriving at 0500 t fofowin4-,, morning. , The school
property consisted of a house and perk enclosed by a the topped brick
fence.. The 1xnz to itself stood in a. fenced courtyard with a ,garage on one
side f_r:d a guardroom on the otber,, and was entered by a fenced puss
betwee7. orchards. It appeared to have been partially destroyed and then
repaired and equipped especial?y for school rirposes,. The lower floor can
used fcr offices, achoolroo s, and l.i.b ra r; the upper floor for atuddnte`
quarters.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
50X1-HUM
A special course for ZPD ZED functianaries was given bet en 30 C.ctobr
and 29 t ow, ber 194? at an estate in the Dyes n area, The course,
direeb d by a resident professor and conducted by a series of v1 siting
lecture-re, was divided into three seetio.ie, coneeentrat' on art, politics
and pereo .I m-0mations of the students. eight 0ervan X11 proteges
attended,, This course was considered to be the :asst of a eerier. of rye;
the second and longest was announced for 25 January 1943 and the third for
the swunr of 1948. The second course is probably to be held in Russia.
3. The buildings were guarded by a Russian d.etacht mnt consisting of on3 officer
(usually a lieutenant, with a dark-blue hatFand) aw ton ran, who w;a
relieved every Friday. The men were erued with carbines, the offi_c: r,-, vi.t:
pistol: , and there were three chine guns available. There T.nere u
several. cars in the courtyard but without license plates. The win hots
was ce tra3.ly heated and had hot water, in all the bedro s5 it cc-,it ned a
libran, of about five f housarad. volumes. The students' dooms were urr had
with a bed, a wardrobe, several chairs, a table, and a bookshelf with
Mar. e t Literature?
Students fasted at 0700 and began loat,9aras at W00. After lunch at
1130, they reasoned lectures at 1300 and a, in at ?00O, after a dinner at
1830. Aedtirr was 2300. Sunda,-
-To were treated as regular school nays, and
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MOTRa IIl i of Nc ; AG E
wore not per dtt d to loaves f.4? aotat Ive one
paint bo las and ba=. plus a p'r ins prima of the ea,
portfolio with write a drawl paper, pWWI2s, col ore .
of Art (1OV 7, painti , sou1pture,, theater, eta.),
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art in Frv=e and Russia and shoving boyar Germen art waa la go3y dea
.r Art ^ . t. t+-:4ttr - ,!~r.s-o"I,A.,1!-,? R tbp v34'7 .4' 7g of
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students rondo ets plans and ooloredc .aag3 of aurfacea,.
_, Art 3ealb ree Svare usually given in the afternoon or after din when
pi etaaea were shim with a projector.
sew of the oouree was a series of lie by a
olitical
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. umed Friodrt b qarhVen (the only instructor introduced by tee) . it
topics inaluda)d
The Way of Labor from Antiquity to the Present
The Sign3fioa.nce of Karl Marc
Clods n Suite Form
The Eacence of Daraoorr a
The Present Germn Parties and Their wonders
The Unite of Qeirmarq
Vortae nc as lectures dealt principally with emet definition of ianperial.i.a m,
capita.].ia :, and Kart sm. The United States and gland were us?d as
lea, and the proposal of a federation of :rop-rn states was ci
as a capitalist front formed against Gcc niasm. The inability of the
capitalist states to meet the postwar crises with new poli.ticel forsaa
w explained. and the Tara lmll Pleas me reviewed as a bnlvark of reaction
and an attempt to undermine the Soviet Union. Le a consequence, the
capitalist states moat aalu ye fear and oppooo the unite of Ger` 'ay i,.a a
threat to both. their political aims and their econanic situation. Vorbagan
repeatedly t ii ed of the connection between Cerrnaniasm and Ghrist~2.anity.
He anphaoized tt0t because of Russian eoa ,ditlom Gcmmism in the R was
of a special type, no. to be adapted literally by other countries
The third portion of the course consisted of personal evaluationha. Each
student wens interrogated daily in conversational form, being retm ved
Individually freest the lectures to talk with an instructor. Political
interrogation Saran handled by Vorlmgen, some of the other material by the
orgy ni tionnal head, Yerm 1a. The type of qucation most emphasized
canoes 3 the, students s attitude toes the US :3R and the Ru ei am;
his knowledge of 1 ssian political condition, culture.. 4Mzstma, and ex;
his feelim,; cnoerning the unity of Gen x ; and hie: alt i it d$towards
the other Allies? In addition, persons-1 questions were a Lwsye asked o
professional ix.clcground,, occupation,. connections both in Gerry and
abroad, attitude toward the black nzxket, perco l acquaintance with
members of the occupation forces, extent of travel experien s both past
and present, and current situation sand plans for the fut -,
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. - ho art bad previcrasly been nood in the service of the ralinm
class to strengthen their parer.
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c a cm= w,,, 27-29 N L-&w 1947, thaw
a tdessrtt had to write eva3mtiou of the emus and apinione of it, a din uezion of iowarma
ts ' cr tor'< .
of the > Y . SO studs t alzo asrltTned a .obi A:
on article,, ft. `., dtty, 19 1 o bar 1947, r. -a:] . ??
With l ht red bets and eboulder
Lovc,' of Freedom of the U=",, The e
the Tioviet Union tamed t acina-11ij, a7
the '"or Mmes of Tom psoples on fri- y
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about. fifteen mia tev, ri%, wbich the Soviet offi.o't
at after the f* i3nrc of the L o'n Gonferance it s .d the
USSR to initiate a plebiscite in tux-op3 sak3;tag for a Auc or '
eimiler to that of the Soviet union. Hs, added that the i;irsicn
future tizould be on the E11a. piece of the 50X1-HUM
esi that to queeti.ona a t ssiFn Leone for msk3ng a rraasa?'
aggresel--rt pact with Germ in 1939, the officer rievered that Rus?sta did
not intaafere in the spU- the n rnmAnt of of zr eountries pct ;: t
she did not let mrsonal feelings interfere with p, .y : ictis c
the purpoees of ttae course were t r-foldt to t` st r
cultural e among Gommists>, winhad been feel; m lack
of iutealig tte; a, and to evaluate irdivI ,1 .rtieip tm. ' x 1: -tt
be deduced frcm the ; ,t c mssis placed on per .1 Worm tion. a! rt
attitudes a frcn t h e indivic 3 t au n t of t ho students. P.-= c i?
the s ^ nt' , a aimilrr cevaar io had been given at the vehoo3
in Jtss],v and August 1947 with eleven students (of v' five were ic'7e4
at the are- of the first w wk) and in Sew b er with nine student e
31. The eight students uho participated in the rasa were known by
4"(j , :rid it ^^t cer tMn Viet, those not were genuine.
Dw-iz* hours out.-
aide of e3Aaeea, the group was apparent - pe11mit d. to converse th t
supervision and to visit one e o her? e romm.
t h e atudents c from the stern zones. F-
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