Das Dorf Hollywood ist entworfen nach den Vorstellungen Die man hierorts vom Himmel hat. Hierorts Hat man ausgerechnet, daß Gott Himmel und Hölle benötigend, nicht zwei Etablissements zu entwerfen brauchte, sondern Nur ein einziges, nämlich den Himmel. Dieser Dient für die Unbemittelten, Erfolglosen Als Hölle.
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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 849
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- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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