Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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I called again . I was on the telephone for an hour . Finally Hamburg answered : " We have no power to buy a tow- line for you . Our inventory shows that there's a good towline on the Pioner . " I wrangled some more .
I called again . I was on the telephone for an hour . Finally Hamburg answered : " We have no power to buy a tow- line for you . Our inventory shows that there's a good towline on the Pioner . " I wrangled some more .
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The prisoners called him " Marabou . " This man's job was to harass guards and prisoners alike . It was he who determined the punishment to be inflicted for infractions of the rigid prison rules . Punishment ranged from de- priving a ...
The prisoners called him " Marabou . " This man's job was to harass guards and prisoners alike . It was he who determined the punishment to be inflicted for infractions of the rigid prison rules . Punishment ranged from de- priving a ...
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At last I was called . " Keep calm , now , " I told myself . A young Elite Guard handed me a book . It was Mein Kampf . " When you have read it , " he said , " give it to the prison library in Ploetzensee . " I was startled .
At last I was called . " Keep calm , now , " I told myself . A young Elite Guard handed me a book . It was Mein Kampf . " When you have read it , " he said , " give it to the prison library in Ploetzensee . " I was startled .
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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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