The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-07
Good Evening.


 Look out for Germany after this present world conflict" was the authoritative advice given me this morning personally by Bella Fromm author of Berlin Social Diary called Blood and Banquets an interesting book which RKO has purchased and made into their latest finn entitled "The Master Race, soon to play Waterbury.
 Miss Fromms visit with me will be memorable one as for years she of the most prominent members of Berlins social and diplomatic life She has met all the important people in Germany has kept secret diary of their doings ntrgues and conversations which high light "Blood and Banquek' the book which has been the best seller in England, Sweden and South America and which bids to gain the same recognition here
 This diary, Miss Fromm told me- was so dynamic she sent 1t abroad by diplomatic pouch and recovered lt when she made her escape from Germany have read the book one she personally autographed for me- and can honestly say other book gives such an intimate and graphic account of personalities or such detailed picture of the decadence and creeping terror whch marked the transition of German society from demo" cratic regime to the new dark age of HiteriSm.
 Bella is a gay, charming and warm-hearted woman, without whose presence party in Berlin was simply not party She reveals herself to be more than mere sccia-diplomatc reporter Her story to on what was going on among the Fasciss and the diplomatic corps was keen caustc and prophetic She told me she is now employed by Federal Bureau of Investigation and went on further to say that many underground move ments exist in this country today working for the Third World War.
 "The Germans are taught to be nice, so they can fool you" she stated she told me some interesting experiences she enjoyed in Berlin where for IS months she travelled with bodyguard Right now in Germany, she stated there 12 million foreign laborers and every German Is led to believe that this present war will be won by the Nazis in either 1864 or 1864.
 Bella was born and brought up in a well-to-do Jewish family in Bavaria where her people for generations mas been substantial citizens In 1913 she was married ana moved to Berlin where her only daughter was born ana where shortly after she obtained divorce Alter the first World War when imitation wiped out her lnnert- ance she got job with the great Ullsein publishing house in Berlin as social counist for the Vossische Zeitung
 Here her acquaintance with members Of the dlplo ac set and her famlys social contacts proved inva- uable She was invited to all prominent social and dpo natc functions, to know personally every0ooy Wno was anybody, including many Nazs long before they became powers in the German government She had an inside track to information and facts about people and in her secret diary and ingenously smugged out of Germany
 As Nazi persecution increased during the thtrties, she exered her influence to help countless persons AryanS and non-AryanS-to get out of Germany. Be- of her unique social position and her connections with outstanding diplomatic ureS, she herself deSplte her Jewish origin and democratic views which she expressed unreServedy, able to remain in Germany long after the Na hordes started their reign of terror
 She came to the United States in 1888 After period of tbuaon she has managed to get career going nere though she has to endure anxious period in which she in danger of her life from GeStapo agents who to this country from Mexico for the express purpose of murdering her and destroying her papers Through close collaboration between herself and the American police, these Nazi agents were all caught.