Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 86
The truck stopped , its siren twittering for aid . A policeman jumped down from the front seat , his pistol drawn . " Nobody move , " he commanded . The next instant he began to shoot . We tumbled off the lorry in a welter of arms and ...
The truck stopped , its siren twittering for aid . A policeman jumped down from the front seat , his pistol drawn . " Nobody move , " he commanded . The next instant he began to shoot . We tumbled off the lorry in a welter of arms and ...
Page 162
Two immigration officials at the gangway stopped me . " Passport ? " I had expected that question . “ Oh , I just came aboard here to ask the mate for a job , ” I explained . " How did you get aboard ? " one of them snapped .
Two immigration officials at the gangway stopped me . " Passport ? " I had expected that question . “ Oh , I just came aboard here to ask the mate for a job , ” I explained . " How did you get aboard ? " one of them snapped .
Page 257
Outside of Fuenfhausen the bus stopped . Three young men , one in the uniform of a Nazi storm trooper , entered and sat down near the driver . There was nothing unusual in that ; the Hitlerites drummed day and night in these outlying ...
Outside of Fuenfhausen the bus stopped . Three young men , one in the uniform of a Nazi storm trooper , entered and sat down near the driver . There was nothing unusual in that ; the Hitlerites drummed day and night in these outlying ...
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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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