Out of the NightAlliance Book Corporation, 1941 - 749 pages Story of a German who worked as an agent for the Communists against the Nazis. |
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Page 15
... window was intact . Doors had been broken . Desks , chairs , filing cabinets and rugs were piled up against the windows , ready to be hurled on the heads of attackers in the street below . At some of the windows snipers were at work ...
... window was intact . Doors had been broken . Desks , chairs , filing cabinets and rugs were piled up against the windows , ready to be hurled on the heads of attackers in the street below . At some of the windows snipers were at work ...
Page 180
... window , and twelve feet beneath the window ledge was the sidewalk of a quiet street . Throughout the night a middle - aged sentry patrolled around the building , passing every two or three minutes under my window . The night was raw ...
... window , and twelve feet beneath the window ledge was the sidewalk of a quiet street . Throughout the night a middle - aged sentry patrolled around the building , passing every two or three minutes under my window . The night was raw ...
Page 568
... window and the sentry in the yard had shot at the window . They hardly ever hit a man that way , but the window was shattered and the cell became a pneumonia trap . Bending over , I threw my arms around the tree 568 OUT OF THE NIGHT.
... window and the sentry in the yard had shot at the window . They hardly ever hit a man that way , but the window was shattered and the cell became a pneumonia trap . Bending over , I threw my arms around the tree 568 OUT OF THE NIGHT.
Contents
SAILORS WAY | 18 |
STRIKE OUT | 33 |
SMUGGLING FOR THE COMINTERN | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs Alias Jan Valtin Jan Valtin Limited preview - 2004 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Out of the Night |
| Author | Jan Valtin |
| Publisher | Alliance Book Corporation, 1941 |
| Length | 749 pages |
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