Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 390
Payroll robberies to obtain money for arms , raids on arms stores , organized plundering of food shops , ambushes with intent to kill , and terrorization of policemen in outlying districts formed the bulk of their current tasks .
Payroll robberies to obtain money for arms , raids on arms stores , organized plundering of food shops , ambushes with intent to kill , and terrorization of policemen in outlying districts formed the bulk of their current tasks .
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Ahead of me a couple , arms linked together , swayed around a corner . A broad - hipped woman scuttled through the cold and disappeared in a doorway . Empty sidewalks are likely to make any hunted man feel apprehensive .
Ahead of me a couple , arms linked together , swayed around a corner . A broad - hipped woman scuttled through the cold and disappeared in a doorway . Empty sidewalks are likely to make any hunted man feel apprehensive .
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Their hands buried , they held their rifles in the hollows of their arms , and when they passed the lantern at the outer gate , I saw that there were hand - grenades in their belts . The outer gates , gray and huge , blocked the way .
Their hands buried , they held their rifles in the hollows of their arms , and when they passed the lantern at the outer gate , I saw that there were hand - grenades in their belts . The outer gates , gray and huge , blocked the way .
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User Review - Hurtgen - LibraryThingThe son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic ... Read full review
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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