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Hanns
Eisler, alien German composer, was investigated
by the FBI from 1942 until his deportation by
the Immigration and Naturalization Service in
1948. In 1947 Eisler admitted, in testimony before
the House Committee on Un-American Activities,
to joining the German Communist Party in 1926
. Hanns Eisler is the brother of Gerhart Eisler,
known Comintern agent.