Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 267
Once in open water , I turned eastward between the islands of Heligoland and Scharhoern , ran into the Elbe estuary , passed Cuxhaven , and entered the locks of Brunsbuettel on the North Sea end of the Kiel Canal .
Once in open water , I turned eastward between the islands of Heligoland and Scharhoern , ran into the Elbe estuary , passed Cuxhaven , and entered the locks of Brunsbuettel on the North Sea end of the Kiel Canal .
Page 514
An Elite Guard passed with a ringing stride . His hand held the end of a chain which was twisted around the wrist of a bedraggled prisoner . They passed without giving us a glance . At a rapid pace we traversed a labyrinth of corridors ...
An Elite Guard passed with a ringing stride . His hand held the end of a chain which was twisted around the wrist of a bedraggled prisoner . They passed without giving us a glance . At a rapid pace we traversed a labyrinth of corridors ...
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But as I passed them I saw eyes glance furtively sideways . I saw a fair - haired boy whom I had last seen crouched on the roof of a tenement in Altona , sniping at marauding Brownshirts in the street . His shoulders twitched a salute ...
But as I passed them I saw eyes glance furtively sideways . I saw a fair - haired boy whom I had last seen crouched on the roof of a tenement in Altona , sniping at marauding Brownshirts in the street . His shoulders twitched a salute ...
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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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