Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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The faces of the sentries at the door were taut and pale . But we were determined to triumph or to die for the revolution . The meeting broke up with a muffled shout , " Forward ! Long live Soviet Germany ! " In a tenement around the ...
The faces of the sentries at the door were taut and pale . But we were determined to triumph or to die for the revolution . The meeting broke up with a muffled shout , " Forward ! Long live Soviet Germany ! " In a tenement around the ...
Page 78
I slid down into a backyard and entered the back door of the next house . It was a restaurant . I rushed through the restaurant , left it by the front door , and crossed into another street . The street was empty .
I slid down into a backyard and entered the back door of the next house . It was a restaurant . I rushed through the restaurant , left it by the front door , and crossed into another street . The street was empty .
Page 557
It began with the ringing of boots on the concrete tiers , and the banging of doors . ... A period of silence followed , until the banging of doors began anew . ... Then the turning of a key in the lock of my cell door .
It began with the ringing of boots on the concrete tiers , and the banging of doors . ... A period of silence followed , until the banging of doors began anew . ... Then the turning of a key in the lock of my cell door .
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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