Out of the NightPickle Partners Publishing, 2020 M01 30 - 724 pages A bestseller in 1941, selected by the Book of the Month Club for a special edition and described by Book of the Month Club News as: “...full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy...It is, first of all, an autobiography the like of which has seldom been.” The 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 events of 1920’s and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade’s attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin. From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties. |
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... Four — SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN 39 Chapter Five — “DID YOU EVER KILLA MAN?” 48 Chapter Six — SCAPEGOATS ON THE BARRICADES 60 Chapter Seven — RED VAGABONDAGE 73 Chapter Eight — PASSAGE TO CONSPIRACY 85 Chapter Nine — I ATTACK THE ...
... Four — SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN 39 Chapter Five — “DID YOU EVER KILLA MAN?” 48 Chapter Six — SCAPEGOATS ON THE BARRICADES 60 Chapter Seven — RED VAGABONDAGE 73 Chapter Eight — PASSAGE TO CONSPIRACY 85 Chapter Nine — I ATTACK THE ...
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... four — HELL 322 Chapter Thirty-five — I SIGN A CONFESSION 322 Chapter Thirty-six — OF COMRADES AND THE HEADSMAN 322 Chapter Thirty-seven — MAN-CAGE MAGIC 322 Chapter thirty-eight — MY BATTLE FOR MEIN KAMPF 322 Chapter Thirty-nine — DARK ...
... four — HELL 322 Chapter Thirty-five — I SIGN A CONFESSION 322 Chapter Thirty-six — OF COMRADES AND THE HEADSMAN 322 Chapter Thirty-seven — MAN-CAGE MAGIC 322 Chapter thirty-eight — MY BATTLE FOR MEIN KAMPF 322 Chapter Thirty-nine — DARK ...
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... four other deserters, and the six of us proceeded in single file, carrying our water-soaked bundles and streaming with perspiration. Our leader was a stoker who had once served on Amazon River steamboats. Sometimes the underbrush was so ...
... four other deserters, and the six of us proceeded in single file, carrying our water-soaked bundles and streaming with perspiration. Our leader was a stoker who had once served on Amazon River steamboats. Sometimes the underbrush was so ...
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Jan Valtin. After walking in circles for four or five hours, we struck a lake. We tried to skirt the shore of the lake, but soon ran into swamps. The Amazon River stoker cursed almost without interruption. The shoemaker chattered happily ...
Jan Valtin. After walking in circles for four or five hours, we struck a lake. We tried to skirt the shore of the lake, but soon ran into swamps. The Amazon River stoker cursed almost without interruption. The shoemaker chattered happily ...
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... four months' voyage to the bleak island of South Georgia killed off my ambition to become an Antarctic whaler. I left the Tiljuca on her return to Buenos Aires for trampship journeys under the flags of Britain, Norway and Greece which ...
... four months' voyage to the bleak island of South Georgia killed off my ambition to become an Antarctic whaler. I left the Tiljuca on her return to Buenos Aires for trampship journeys under the flags of Britain, Norway and Greece which ...
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Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs Alias Jan Valtin Jan Valtin Limited preview - 2004 |
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