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	'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the ~~Holocaust~~]].		'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the Holohoax]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on the ~~Holocaust—Controversial~~ Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>~~Holocaust~~ Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the ~~Holocaust—Controversial~~ Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>		[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on the Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>

	{{quote\|Bruno Baum, the last leader of the German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before the war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], the later Chairman of the State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and the dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to the State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in the camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within the camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to the leadership council of the Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of the Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of the international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by the Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and the “monstrous crimes of the Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including the 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at the rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by the editorial group of the camp underground.		{{quote\|Bruno Baum, the last leader of the German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before the war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], the later Chairman of the State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and the dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to the State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in the camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within the camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to the leadership council of the Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of the Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of the international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by the Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and the “monstrous crimes of the Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including the 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at the rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by the editorial group of the camp underground.
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	[[Category:Alleged ~~Holocaust~~ witnesses]]		[[Category:Alleged Holohoax witnesses]]

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	'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a ~~Jewish~~ pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the Holocaust]].		'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the Holocaust]].

	==Life==		==Life==

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'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a Jewish pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the Holocaust]].

==Life==
[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on the Holocaust—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holocaust Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the Holocaust—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>

{{quote|Bruno Baum, the last leader of the German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before the war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], the later Chairman of the State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and the dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to the State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in the camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within the camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to the leadership council of the Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of the Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of the international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by the Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and the “monstrous crimes of the Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including the 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at the rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by the editorial group of the camp underground.

At the end of the war, Baum was transferred to Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by the Americans. On May 16, 1945, a Soviet repatriation commando smuggled him and 30 other former communist party members, disguised as Soviet citizens, out of the camp and housed them in seclusion at the castle Wilhelminenburg near Vienna until approximately the beginning of August 1945. There they were “trained” and received directives for their future role as leadership cadres in the Soviet zone of occupation, which later became communist East Germany. Baum later became a leading communist official in East Berlin. His strict economic measures, however, contributed to the uprising of eastern Germans on June 17, 1953, against the Soviet occupation. In the wake of the still anti-[[Zionist]] policies of the Eastern Bloc, Baum – who had family members living in a kibbutz in Israel – was removed from the Berlin SED communist leadership in 1959 and transferred to Potsdam, where he died in 1971.

Now, this same Bruno Baum, like many of his comrades, wrote reports for the Soviets immediately after the war. One of these reports, written in June 1945, was a “Report on the Activities of the Communist Party in Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” which was coordinated and approved by a “Decision-making Committee” of the Communist Party collective. These consultations and reporting arrangements, in connection with the ''Report of the Extraordinary Soviet Committee for the Investigation of War Crimes'' later formed the core of Soviet propaganda on Auschwitz until 1990, including the propaganda figure of four million victims.

Three months after the end of the war, on July 31, 1945, this same Bruno Baum boasted as follows in an article entitled “We Were Radioing From Hell,” published in the German newspaper ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''¸ the central organ of the German Communist Party at that time:

“''All the propaganda that now began to circulate about Auschwitz in foreign countries originated with us, assisted by our Polish comrades.''”}}

In his 1949 book ''Widerstand in Auschwitz'' (Resistance in Auschwitz), he stated:<ref name=HH15/>

{{quote|“''I believe it is no exaggeration if I say that the biggest part of Auschwitz propaganda, which was spread in the world around that time, has been written by us in the camp... We spread this propaganda to the public at large until the very last day of our stay in Auschwitz.''}}

In a later edition of the book, this was changed to more politically correct statements.<ref name=HH15/>

In his early post-war statements, Baum also stated that the SS improved the conditions in the camp to such an extant that “''Auschwitz became a model camp in the end.''”<ref name=HH15/>

== See also ==
*[[Hermann Langbein]] - Another central figure in the Auschwitz resistance.

== External links ==
*[http://www.codoh.com/library/document/770/ Widerstand in Auschwitz]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Holocaust individuals links}}
[[Category:Alleged Holocaust witnesses]]

[[es:Bruno Baum]]

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	'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for ~~tbe~~ [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for ~~tbe~~ politically correct view on [[the Holohoax]].		'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for the [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for the politically correct view on [[the Holohoax]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on ~~tbe~~ Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on ~~tbe~~ Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>		[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on the Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>

	{{quote\|Bruno Baum, ~~tbe~~ last leader of ~~tbe~~ German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before ~~tbe~~ war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], ~~tbe~~ later Chairman of ~~tbe~~ State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and ~~tbe~~ dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to ~~tbe~~ State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in ~~tbe~~ camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within ~~tbe~~ camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to ~~tbe~~ leadership council of ~~tbe~~ Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of ~~tbe~~ Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of ~~tbe~~ international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by ~~tbe~~ Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and ~~tbe~~ “monstrous crimes of ~~tbe~~ Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including ~~tbe~~ 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at ~~tbe~~ rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by ~~tbe~~ editorial group of ~~tbe~~ camp underground.		{{quote\|Bruno Baum, the last leader of the German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before the war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], the later Chairman of the State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and the dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to the State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in the camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within the camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to the leadership council of the Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of the Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of the international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by the Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and the “monstrous crimes of the Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including the 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at the rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by the editorial group of the camp underground.

	At ~~tbe~~ end of ~~tbe~~ war, Baum was transferred to Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by ~~tbe~~ Americans. On May 16, 1945, a Soviet repatriation commando smuggled him and 30 other former communist party members, disguised as Soviet citizens, out of ~~tbe~~ camp and housed them in seclusion at ~~tbe~~ castle Wilhelminenburg near Vienna until approximately ~~tbe~~ beginning of August 1945. There they were “trained” and received directives for their future role as leadership cadres in ~~tbe~~ Soviet zone of occupation, which later became communist East Germany. Baum later became a leading communist official in East Berlin. His strict economic measures, however, contributed to ~~tbe~~ uprising of eastern Germans on June 17, 1953, against ~~tbe~~ Soviet occupation. In ~~tbe~~ wake of ~~tbe~~ still anti-[[Zionist]] policies of ~~tbe~~ Eastern Bloc, Baum – who had family members living in a kibbutz in Israel – was removed from ~~tbe~~ Berlin SED communist leadership in 1959 and transferred to Potsdam, where he died in 1971.		At the end of the war, Baum was transferred to Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by the Americans. On May 16, 1945, a Soviet repatriation commando smuggled him and 30 other former communist party members, disguised as Soviet citizens, out of the camp and housed them in seclusion at the castle Wilhelminenburg near Vienna until approximately the beginning of August 1945. There they were “trained” and received directives for their future role as leadership cadres in the Soviet zone of occupation, which later became communist East Germany. Baum later became a leading communist official in East Berlin. His strict economic measures, however, contributed to the uprising of eastern Germans on June 17, 1953, against the Soviet occupation. In the wake of the still anti-[[Zionist]] policies of the Eastern Bloc, Baum – who had family members living in a kibbutz in Israel – was removed from the Berlin SED communist leadership in 1959 and transferred to Potsdam, where he died in 1971.

	Now, this same Bruno Baum, like many of his comrades, wrote reports for ~~tbe~~ Soviets immediately after ~~tbe~~ war. One of these reports, written in June 1945, was a “Report on ~~tbe~~ Activities of ~~tbe~~ Communist Party in Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” which was coordinated and approved by a “Decision-making Committee” of ~~tbe~~ Communist Party collective. These consultations and reporting arrangements, in connection with ~~tbe~~ ''Report of ~~tbe~~ Extraordinary Soviet Committee for ~~tbe~~ Investigation of War Crimes'' later formed ~~tbe~~ core of Soviet propaganda on Auschwitz until 1990, including ~~tbe~~ propaganda figure of four million victims.		Now, this same Bruno Baum, like many of his comrades, wrote reports for the Soviets immediately after the war. One of these reports, written in June 1945, was a “Report on the Activities of the Communist Party in Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” which was coordinated and approved by a “Decision-making Committee” of the Communist Party collective. These consultations and reporting arrangements, in connection with the ''Report of the Extraordinary Soviet Committee for the Investigation of War Crimes'' later formed the core of Soviet propaganda on Auschwitz until 1990, including the propaganda figure of four million victims.

	Three months after ~~tbe~~ end of ~~tbe~~ war, on July 31, 1945, this same Bruno Baum boasted as follows in an article entitled “We Were Radioing From Hell,” published in ~~tbe~~ German newspaper ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''¸ ~~tbe~~ central organ of ~~tbe~~ German Communist Party at that time:		Three months after the end of the war, on July 31, 1945, this same Bruno Baum boasted as follows in an article entitled “We Were Radioing From Hell,” published in the German newspaper ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''¸ the central organ of the German Communist Party at that time:

	“''All ~~tbe~~ propaganda that now began to circulate about Auschwitz in foreign countries originated with us, assisted by our Polish comrades.''”}}		“''All the propaganda that now began to circulate about Auschwitz in foreign countries originated with us, assisted by our Polish comrades.''”}}

	In his 1949 book ''Widerstand in Auschwitz'' (Resistance in Auschwitz), he stated:<ref name=HH15/>		In his 1949 book ''Widerstand in Auschwitz'' (Resistance in Auschwitz), he stated:<ref name=HH15/>

	{{quote\|“''I believe it is no exaggeration if I say that ~~tbe~~ biggest part of Auschwitz propaganda, which was spread in ~~tbe~~ world around that time, has been written by us in ~~tbe~~ camp... We spread this propaganda to ~~tbe~~ public at large until ~~tbe~~ very last day of our stay in Auschwitz.''}}		{{quote\|“''I believe it is no exaggeration if I say that the biggest part of Auschwitz propaganda, which was spread in the world around that time, has been written by us in the camp... We spread this propaganda to the public at large until the very last day of our stay in Auschwitz.''}}

	In a later edition of ~~tbe~~ book, this was changed to more politically correct statements.<ref name=HH15/>		In a later edition of the book, this was changed to more politically correct statements.<ref name=HH15/>

	In his early post-war statements, Baum also stated that ~~tbe~~ SS improved ~~tbe~~ conditions in ~~tbe~~ camp to such an extant that “''Auschwitz became a model camp in ~~tbe~~ end.''”<ref name=HH15/>		In his early post-war statements, Baum also stated that the SS improved the conditions in the camp to such an extant that “''Auschwitz became a model camp in the end.''”<ref name=HH15/>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Hermann Langbein]] - Another central figure in ~~tbe~~ Auschwitz resistance.		*[[Hermann Langbein]] - Another central figure in the Auschwitz resistance.

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for ~~the~~ [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for ~~the~~ politically correct view on [[the Holohoax]].		'''Bruno Baum''' (13 February 1910 – 13 December 1971) was a jewish pro-Soviet officer for tbe [[Communist Party of Germany]] (KPD), who was sentenced to prison for treason on 4 December 1935. He spent some of this imprisonment at [[Auschwitz]] and [[Mauthausen]], and is a favoured "witness" for tbe politically correct view on [[the Holohoax]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on ~~the~~ Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on ~~the~~ Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>		[[Germar Rudolf]] has written in on Baum ''Lectures on tbe Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined'':<ref name=HH15>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on tbe Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15.</ref>

	{{quote\|Bruno Baum, ~~the~~ last leader of ~~the~~ German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before ~~the~~ war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], ~~the~~ later Chairman of ~~the~~ State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and ~~the~~ dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to ~~the~~ State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in ~~the~~ camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within ~~the~~ camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to ~~the~~ leadership council of ~~the~~ Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of ~~the~~ Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of ~~the~~ international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by ~~the~~ Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and ~~the~~ “monstrous crimes of ~~the~~ Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including ~~the~~ 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at ~~the~~ rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by ~~the~~ editorial group of ~~the~~ camp underground.		{{quote\|Bruno Baum, tbe last leader of tbe German communist youth organization of Greater Berlin before tbe war, was arrested in 1935, together with [[Erich Honecker]], tbe later Chairman of tbe State Council (leader) of communist [[East Germany]]. For illegal activities and tbe dissemination of “propaganda material hostile to tbe State,” Baum was sentenced to 13 years for high treason in 1937. In April 1943, Baum was transferred to Auschwitz. As a trained electrician, he was assigned to an inmate commando of electricians. Baum immediately began to form underground cells and to spread communist resistance propaganda in tbe camp, an activity facilitated by his freedom of movement within tbe camp because of his job as an electrician. In mid-1944, he rose to tbe leadership council of tbe Auschwitz camp partisans, to which [[Hermann Langbein]] (Austrian Communist Party, later Chairman of tbe Auschwitz Committee) and [[Jozef Cyrankiewicz]] (Polish socialist) also belonged. On behalf of tbe international socialist-communist camp partisan leadership, Baum and his colleagues gathered espionage materials on German armament operations, which were then radioed to London by tbe Polish underground. Atrocity reports on allegedly inhumane treatment by SS guards and tbe “monstrous crimes of tbe Nazis in Auschwitz camp, including tbe 4.5 million murder victims of all nationalities” were sent by short-wave radio to Radio London at tbe rate of two reports per week, drawn up and transmitted by tbe editorial group of tbe camp underground.

	At ~~the~~ end of ~~the~~ war, Baum was transferred to Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by ~~the~~ Americans. On May 16, 1945, a Soviet repatriation commando smuggled him and 30 other former communist party members, disguised as Soviet citizens, out of ~~the~~ camp and housed them in seclusion at ~~the~~ castle Wilhelminenburg near Vienna until approximately ~~the~~ beginning of August 1945. There they were “trained” and received directives for their future role as leadership cadres in ~~the~~ Soviet zone of occupation, which later became communist East Germany. Baum later became a leading communist official in East Berlin. His strict economic measures, however, contributed to ~~the~~ uprising of eastern Germans on June 17, 1953, against ~~the~~ Soviet occupation. In ~~the~~ wake of ~~the~~ still anti-[[Zionist]] policies of ~~the~~ Eastern Bloc, Baum – who had family members living in a kibbutz in Israel – was removed from ~~the~~ Berlin SED communist leadership in 1959 and transferred to Potsdam, where he died in 1971.		At tbe end of tbe war, Baum was transferred to Mauthausen camp, where he was liberated by tbe Americans. On May 16, 1945, a Soviet repatriation commando smuggled him and 30 other former communist party members, disguised as Soviet citizens, out of tbe camp and housed them in seclusion at tbe castle Wilhelminenburg near Vienna until approximately tbe beginning of August 1945. There they were “trained” and received directives for their future role as leadership cadres in tbe Soviet zone of occupation, which later became communist East Germany. Baum later became a leading communist official in East Berlin. His strict economic measures, however, contributed to tbe uprising of eastern Germans on June 17, 1953, against tbe Soviet occupation. In tbe wake of tbe still anti-[[Zionist]] policies of tbe Eastern Bloc, Baum – who had family members living in a kibbutz in Israel – was removed from tbe Berlin SED communist leadership in 1959 and transferred to Potsdam, where he died in 1971.

	Now, this same Bruno Baum, like many of his comrades, wrote reports for ~~the~~ Soviets immediately after ~~the~~ war. One of these reports, written in June 1945, was a “Report on ~~the~~ Activities of ~~the~~ Communist Party in Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” which was coordinated and approved by a “Decision-making Committee” of ~~the~~ Communist Party collective. These consultations and reporting arrangements, in connection with ~~the~~ ''Report of ~~the~~ Extraordinary Soviet Committee for ~~the~~ Investigation of War Crimes'' later formed ~~the~~ core of Soviet propaganda on Auschwitz until 1990, including ~~the~~ propaganda figure of four million victims.		Now, this same Bruno Baum, like many of his comrades, wrote reports for tbe Soviets immediately after tbe war. One of these reports, written in June 1945, was a “Report on tbe Activities of tbe Communist Party in Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” which was coordinated and approved by a “Decision-making Committee” of tbe Communist Party collective. These consultations and reporting arrangements, in connection with tbe ''Report of tbe Extraordinary Soviet Committee for tbe Investigation of War Crimes'' later formed tbe core of Soviet propaganda on Auschwitz until 1990, including tbe propaganda figure of four million victims.

	Three months after ~~the~~ end of ~~the~~ war, on July 31, 1945, this same Bruno Baum boasted as follows in an article entitled “We Were Radioing From Hell,” published in ~~the~~ German newspaper ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''¸ ~~the~~ central organ of ~~the~~ German Communist Party at that time:		Three months after tbe end of tbe war, on July 31, 1945, this same Bruno Baum boasted as follows in an article entitled “We Were Radioing From Hell,” published in tbe German newspaper ''Deutsche Volkszeitung''¸ tbe central organ of tbe German Communist Party at that time:

	“''All ~~the~~ propaganda that now began to circulate about Auschwitz in foreign countries originated with us, assisted by our Polish comrades.''”}}		“''All tbe propaganda that now began to circulate about Auschwitz in foreign countries originated with us, assisted by our Polish comrades.''”}}

	In his 1949 book ''Widerstand in Auschwitz'' (Resistance in Auschwitz), he stated:<ref name=HH15/>		In his 1949 book ''Widerstand in Auschwitz'' (Resistance in Auschwitz), he stated:<ref name=HH15/>

	{{quote\|“''I believe it is no exaggeration if I say that ~~the~~ biggest part of Auschwitz propaganda, which was spread in ~~the~~ world around that time, has been written by us in ~~the~~ camp... We spread this propaganda to ~~the~~ public at large until ~~the~~ very last day of our stay in Auschwitz.''}}		{{quote\|“''I believe it is no exaggeration if I say that tbe biggest part of Auschwitz propaganda, which was spread in tbe world around that time, has been written by us in tbe camp... We spread this propaganda to tbe public at large until tbe very last day of our stay in Auschwitz.''}}

	In a later edition of ~~the~~ book, this was changed to more politically correct statements.<ref name=HH15/>		In a later edition of tbe book, this was changed to more politically correct statements.<ref name=HH15/>

	In his early post-war statements, Baum also stated that ~~the~~ SS improved ~~the~~ conditions in ~~the~~ camp to such an extant that “''Auschwitz became a model camp in ~~the~~ end.''”<ref name=HH15/>		In his early post-war statements, Baum also stated that tbe SS improved tbe conditions in tbe camp to such an extant that “''Auschwitz became a model camp in tbe end.''”<ref name=HH15/>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Hermann Langbein]] - Another central figure in ~~the~~ Auschwitz resistance.		*[[Hermann Langbein]] - Another central figure in tbe Auschwitz resistance.

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