Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 118
During these months I never had a drink , never a real day of rest , and never did I go out with a girl . I lived only for the cause . Yet at times I was bitterly lonely . There was a night when I sat on a pile of timbers in the harbor ...
During these months I never had a drink , never a real day of rest , and never did I go out with a girl . I lived only for the cause . Yet at times I was bitterly lonely . There was a night when I sat on a pile of timbers in the harbor ...
Page 164
She never spoke to me about the nature of his activities . She was , I gathered , the only person who knew where Getsy had his secret quarters . " He is a comrade , " she said on one occasion , " but . . . he is not human .
She never spoke to me about the nature of his activities . She was , I gathered , the only person who knew where Getsy had his secret quarters . " He is a comrade , " she said on one occasion , " but . . . he is not human .
Page 222
His reputation in the Comintern was that of a man who never crawled , never begged favor , never accorded mercy to shirkers . He was known to have friends and backers high in the councils of the G.P.U. and the Russian Party .
His reputation in the Comintern was that of a man who never crawled , never begged favor , never accorded mercy to shirkers . He was known to have friends and backers high in the councils of the G.P.U. and the Russian Party .
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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