Adorno distanced himself from Eisler over his brother’s Communist ties

Evidence

Eisler’s brother Gerhart was under serious attack at the time for his involvement in Communist activities, and Adorno wanted no part of the association the book might have suggested. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 1445

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adorno resigned film-book co-authorship to avoid martyrdom for Eisler’s cause — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1671; Adorno distanced himself from Eisler to avoid persecution — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1671