Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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tracks should whistle when a train approached . But when a train came from the Atlantic side , the guard did not whistle . Naked , his pants and shirt jammed under his arm , he came running toward us down the tracks .
tracks should whistle when a train approached . But when a train came from the Atlantic side , the guard did not whistle . Naked , his pants and shirt jammed under his arm , he came running toward us down the tracks .
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During our first night on the train , many articles of clothing were stolen from us while we slept . After that , I found it necessary to divide my crew into watches , to safeguard our poor belongings from the luckless proletarians ...
During our first night on the train , many articles of clothing were stolen from us while we slept . After that , I found it necessary to divide my crew into watches , to safeguard our poor belongings from the luckless proletarians ...
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The engine shrieked , slowed down , and the train stopped as it had done at all the other stations on the line . As before , I spread out my paper and raised it until its center was on a level with my eyes and waited , pretending to ...
The engine shrieked , slowed down , and the train stopped as it had done at all the other stations on the line . As before , I spread out my paper and raised it until its center was on a level with my eyes and waited , pretending to ...
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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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