Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 280
This was not the Socialist Fatherland she had looked forward to with such eagerness . " Is this what we are fighting for ? " she asked . " The masses of this country are backward , " I argued . " What we have seen illustrates the ...
This was not the Socialist Fatherland she had looked forward to with such eagerness . " Is this what we are fighting for ? " she asked . " The masses of this country are backward , " I argued . " What we have seen illustrates the ...
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I looked up . The train was surrounded by Brownshirts . They wore around their sleeves the white band of Goering's auxiliary police . Their pistols half protruded from their holsters , and the storm bands of their caps were strapped ...
I looked up . The train was surrounded by Brownshirts . They wore around their sleeves the white band of Goering's auxiliary police . Their pistols half protruded from their holsters , and the storm bands of their caps were strapped ...
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We looked at one another across the room , and it was as if each was afraid to take the first step forward . I put my forefinger to my lips to tell Firelei to be silent . I turned and looked at the door . There was no spy - hole .
We looked at one another across the room , and it was as if each was afraid to take the first step forward . I put my forefinger to my lips to tell Firelei to be silent . I turned and looked at the door . There was no spy - hole .
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Contents
SAILORS WAY | 18 |
STRIKE OUT | 33 |
SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN | 45 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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