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Peter Freeman’s
It is reported in the 1939 Annual Report of the Theosophical Society
in Wales, dated July 1st, that Peter Freeman, in his capacity as
General Secretary, had presided over National congresses and conventions in
Rumania, Hungary and Ireland and had also visited Theosophists in Germany,
Austria and Czechoslovakia where it is confirmed that Theosophical activities had
now practically ceased. It is also said that Peter had been instrumental in obtaining positions
in other countries for these Theosophists.
The brief resume given in the report gives only a slight hint at
the truth. It became known after Peter Freeman’s death in 1956 that, at great
personal risk to himself, he had made many visits to
Nazi Germany and the annexed countries between 1933 and 1939 to assist people in
danger of persecution to escape.
Theosophical business provided a good cover story for these visits
but by 1939 with the cessation of Theosophical activities in
Theosophical Society,