Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 545
And all around me was despair and death and madness , and manifestations of a mute and futile courage , ghostly faces and others full of harsh insolence , and the enemy's will to break me or to kill me . The hope and expectation of a ...
And all around me was despair and death and madness , and manifestations of a mute and futile courage , ghostly faces and others full of harsh insolence , and the enemy's will to break me or to kill me . The hope and expectation of a ...
Page 557
The outline of a Death Head guard stood against the corridor lights . " Hey ! " he yelled . Then he emptied his revolver into the walls and ceiling of the cell . A period of silence followed , until the banging of doors began anew .
The outline of a Death Head guard stood against the corridor lights . " Hey ! " he yelled . Then he emptied his revolver into the walls and ceiling of the cell . A period of silence followed , until the banging of doors began anew .
Page 653
In addition to Comrade Andree , the guards and the lawyer , there were the headsman's aides , the prosecutor , Death Head troopers and Gestapo agents . All stood guffawing , Andree louder than any of the others .
In addition to Comrade Andree , the guards and the lawyer , there were the headsman's aides , the prosecutor , Death Head troopers and Gestapo agents . All stood guffawing , Andree louder than any of the others .
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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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