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 east- ward 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 east- ward 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 448
He passed me downhill , so I got angry and shouted , ' Hey , stop ! ' He stopped and apologized for passing me . We sat in the snow and ate sandwiches , and he called me a ' brim- ming daughter of Norway .
He passed me downhill , so I got angry and shouted , ' Hey , stop ! ' He stopped and apologized for passing me . We sat in the snow and ate sandwiches , and he called me a ' brim- ming daughter of Norway .
Page 606
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 , snip- ing 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 , snip- ing at marauding Brownshirts in the street . His shoulders twitched a salute ...
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Contents
SAILORS WAY | 18 |
STRIKE OUT | 33 |
SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN | 45 |
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| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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