Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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half drunk as usual and bullying his frightened wife , he thrust a letter into my hands and shouted at me to report to the Shipowners ' Association for duty aboard the former Africa liner Lucy Woerman . As if by sudden magic , I was ...
half drunk as usual and bullying his frightened wife , he thrust a letter into my hands and shouted at me to report to the Shipowners ' Association for duty aboard the former Africa liner Lucy Woerman . As if by sudden magic , I was ...
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We sent agitation squads aboard every ship in port . At night , our detachments went into the harbors in boats , and armed with paint and brushes , they smeared the strike slogans on ships ' sides , quays and cargo sheds .
We sent agitation squads aboard every ship in port . At night , our detachments went into the harbors in boats , and armed with paint and brushes , they smeared the strike slogans on ships ' sides , quays and cargo sheds .
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Meanwhile play and counterplay aboard the Rotterdam continued . Captain van Dulken pretended to capitulate to the crew's demands to tie up his ship in Rotterdam . But in the middle of the night , he secretly changed course , again ...
Meanwhile play and counterplay aboard the Rotterdam continued . Captain van Dulken pretended to capitulate to the crew's demands to tie up his ship in Rotterdam . But in the middle of the night , he secretly changed course , again ...
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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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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