Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Reinforcements were sent to protect the arsenals of Soerabaja . There , the loyal cruiser Java and the de- stroyers Evertsen and Piet Hein lay in wait to meet the approaching mutineers . The commander of the kidnaped battleship had ...
Reinforcements were sent to protect the arsenals of Soerabaja . There , the loyal cruiser Java and the de- stroyers Evertsen and Piet Hein lay in wait to meet the approaching mutineers . The commander of the kidnaped battleship had ...
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Often I wondered why Cilly , who was Ernst Wollweber's mate , had been sent to Germany . Once , talking to me about her- self , she gave me the answer . " I have been banished , " she said . " Why ? " " When Comrade Ernst was in Paris ...
Often I wondered why Cilly , who was Ernst Wollweber's mate , had been sent to Germany . Once , talking to me about her- self , she gave me the answer . " I have been banished , " she said . " Why ? " " When Comrade Ernst was in Paris ...
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Who sent you to Germany ? Who gave you the money ? What were you instructed to do ? " " No one sent me . " " And still you came . You knew you were wanted for high treason and still you entered Germany with a doctored passport . Why ?
Who sent you to Germany ? Who gave you the money ? What were you instructed to do ? " " No one sent me . " " And still you came . You knew you were wanted for high treason and still you entered Germany with a doctored passport . Why ?
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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