Out of the NightAlliance Book Corporation, 1941 - 749 pages Story of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 422
... John Scheer was to be his successor . The task for which Wollweber had singled me out was to contact Comrade Scheer with the key functionaries of the Hamburg Apparat , without the knowledge of their chief— Walter Duddins . Thus , after ...
... John Scheer was to be his successor . The task for which Wollweber had singled me out was to contact Comrade Scheer with the key functionaries of the Hamburg Apparat , without the knowledge of their chief— Walter Duddins . Thus , after ...
Page 426
... John Scheer's turn . He flipped his American pass- port on the table and looked disinterestedly into the sky . One of the Gestapo agents scrutinized the passport ; the other thumbed through the book which contained lists of names and ...
... John Scheer's turn . He flipped his American pass- port on the table and looked disinterestedly into the sky . One of the Gestapo agents scrutinized the passport ; the other thumbed through the book which contained lists of names and ...
Page 427
... John Scheer's body sagged visibly . His face grew stark . The Nazi travelers talked to him in English . He tried to answer . " Dieser Herr ist bestimmt kein Amerikaner " ( This gentleman is surely no American ) , one of the Nazis ...
... John Scheer's body sagged visibly . His face grew stark . The Nazi travelers talked to him in English . He tried to answer . " Dieser Herr ist bestimmt kein Amerikaner " ( This gentleman is surely no American ) , one of the Nazis ...
Contents
SAILORS WAY | 18 |
STRIKE OUT | 33 |
SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN | 45 |
Copyright | |
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