Item 15 x.I left Germany on the begining of May greatthe nazis had pursued me for a long time.Formell- before 1933- I was an member of parliament(Reichstag ) from 1919- 1933 and I was fightingpublicly against"Nationalss=iolismus".I went yourn God ... To the Saarterritdry,whos- by day- a home for night.I hadpolitical from Germany . After the plentyon the January 5, 1935 I fled to France .[Mulhouse in Absace-Lorrain]I was living together with friends. These areof a weekly news paper against Nazism ."Erelheits korrespondenz.[Freedom correspadencētdo theJune 14, 1940, the dayof which German treep. occupie Paris fess freresof mine and myself fled from Mulhouse to thewest bowles& Franc[Basses Pyrences] I'm the endof Septembre 1940 the U.S. Consul Genedueat Marseille gave us visas to this country,Gemeinebut I could not go because the French rufused me the exit-visa. I went fromeinto Martinique Island and after four weeks incamp there I came to New York Item 15d Dettertha Kraus 233 Roberts RoadBryn Mawr Pa .Mr. Robert Kirse, man 41 WebsterMaria C. C. II.