Out of the NightStory of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 65
General von Seeckt had gone to Weimar , but when he returned to Berlin , G.P.U. men were waiting for him in the main hall of the Anhalter Bahnhof , among them Felix Neumann himself . All were armed with new Ortgies pistols .
General von Seeckt had gone to Weimar , but when he returned to Berlin , G.P.U. men were waiting for him in the main hall of the Anhalter Bahnhof , among them Felix Neumann himself . All were armed with new Ortgies pistols .
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The gendarme ob- tained for me a glass of rum and hot water from a fat girl in the waiting room . “ We are near the frontier , " he said , pointing out of the window . " Yonder is Belgium . " A young border patrolman wrapped in a thick ...
The gendarme ob- tained for me a glass of rum and hot water from a fat girl in the waiting room . “ We are near the frontier , " he said , pointing out of the window . " Yonder is Belgium . " A young border patrolman wrapped in a thick ...
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To my right and left a long line of prisoners also stood nose and toes against the wall , waiting . At last I was herded into the prison van . As usual , it was overcrowded . But while the lorry rumbled through the streets toward the ...
To my right and left a long line of prisoners also stood nose and toes against the wall , waiting . At last I was herded into the prison van . As usual , it was overcrowded . But while the lorry rumbled through the streets toward the ...
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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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