Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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That night I saw the mutinous sailors roll into Bremen on cara- vans of commandeered trucks - red flags and machine guns mounted on the trucks . Thousands milled in the streets . Often the trucks stopped and the sailors sang and roared ...
That night I saw the mutinous sailors roll into Bremen on cara- vans of commandeered trucks - red flags and machine guns mounted on the trucks . Thousands milled in the streets . Often the trucks stopped and the sailors sang and roared ...
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through the day I watched sailors and workers place field cannon on covered spots along the river front and machine guns on stra- tegic housetops . Spartacist detachments were marching toward the outskirts of the city .
through the day I watched sailors and workers place field cannon on covered spots along the river front and machine guns on stra- tegic housetops . Spartacist detachments were marching toward the outskirts of the city .
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Comrade Languinier , a Frenchman , analyzed the risings of French warship sailors in Toulon . Delegates from the Danish navy and the Polish naval base of Gdynia followed . But the greatest interest was reserved for the lessons of the ...
Comrade Languinier , a Frenchman , analyzed the risings of French warship sailors in Toulon . Delegates from the Danish navy and the Polish naval base of Gdynia followed . But the greatest interest was reserved for the lessons of the ...
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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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