Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-02


helpers were. NOu'll never be
sorry II YOU do. You'll suffer
II YOU don't"
| was ghd OF thc cigarct.
II gave me time 10 think.
fhe shifting CLINT in the deep
set eyes of Inspector krauS
told me he realized that he
had made a mistake whom fC-
allowed me 10 smoke. j was
too much a part of the Com
intern 10 think of myself. The
individual was nothing. The
party was all! If / held out
through this night. the COM
rades outside would have time
10 change their residences.
meeting places and depotS,
They would change their lines
Of communication. ch ange
their codes and even change
theIr names.
The underground" organi-
zation had, learned 10 maneu-
Yer fast. TO abandon quickly
all points endangered by the
arrest of some of its men,
bers, TO occupy new points and
use new routes of which the
comrades who had been seized
knew nothing,
WATCH LIKE WOLVES
The GcStapo watched me
like wolves. They knew if
they could make me talk that
night. a series of raids and
mass arrests would be the
result. They'd make a big
haul. They'd be praised by
Goering and Himmler.
l was resolved to tell them
nothing. I'd rather die hor-
ribly than betray the party. /
was a soldier of the Comm
tern. No pain could be
greater than a comrades ac-
cusation-"He allowed himself
to be broken; he betrayed the
cause to escape destruction"
Hertha Jens scratched her
thick hair what are we
waiting for:" she grimaced.
Inspector Kraus said TO me:
Have you thought II over ?"
81 cannot give you infor-
nation on matters know
nothing about" 1 explained.
II left party work after Hit
Ter came to power"
Instantly the dog whip
SlaShed across my face.
"WhO sent you to Ger
many: Who gave you the
money: What were you in
structed TO do?"
mo one sent me-"
And still you came. You
knew you were wanted for
high treason and still YOU
entered Germany with doc
tored passport. Why"
II came to find my son. He
disappeared after my wife's
apartment In Hamburg was
raided by the secret police.
! came to Germany to find his
whereabouts"
SOUGHT HIS BABY
"Ah. A Bolshevik develop
ing an interest In his family,
what? When was the apart
ment raided ?"
This year in March," /
said.
What for? ."
"My wife was to be ar
rested"
"She escaped. believe ."
"Yes. She returned to look
for the baby. Our son was
just six months, old. When
she returned, the baby had
disappeared. wanted to find
him. That Is why l came To
Germany"
Hertha Jens laughed
Your son Is In good care"
she said. "YOur wife will
never see the baby again
unless she comes to give her
self up"
Hold your tongue" In
Spector kraus cautioned her.
Then. turning 10 me, $50 you
wanted To smuggle your child
out of Germany"
"fes, sir"
II don't believe II. Who
sent YOU 10 Germany? What
were your Instructions ."
IL came to find my SON"
DON'T BE A FOOL
Nonsense" he bark @ d.
what role did Karl Bur
meister play""
The question struck me like
a hammer blow
"Burmeister
"les, Burmeister. What
was Burmeister's function i'm
your high treason outfit:
Don't he a fOOl-heorism II a
farce"
did not believe il when
they told me that Karl Bur
meiSter had been captured.
He was the coolest. most re-
liable militant in the under
ground.
Inspector krauS said:
"Burmeister has told us
everything"
II have not seen Burmeister
for six monthS said