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Jan Valtin (1905–1951)

Autor(a) de Out of the Night

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Image credit: Signed photo of Jan Valtin. 1950

Obras por Jan Valtin

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The American Legion Reader (1953) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Valtin, Jan
Nome legal
Krebs, Richard Julius Herman
Outros nomes
Valtin, Jan
Data de nascimento
1905-12-17
Data de falecimento
1951-01-01
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Duitsland
Rusland
VS
Local de nascimento
Mainz, Germany
Local de falecimento
Betterton, Kent County, Maryland, USA
Ocupações
communist
agent (Comintern)
double agent (for the Comintern within the Gestapo)
Organizações
Comintern
Gestapo

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Private in the PRO Section of the 24th Infantry Division, US Army.

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History of a Soviet German spy and his career
 
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The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920's and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime, organizing worldwide for the Comintern, only to flee the Party and Europe to evade his own comrade's attempts to kill him. As a professional revolutionary, agitator, spy and would-be assassin, Krebs traveled the globe from Germany to China, India to Sierra Leon, Moscow to the United States where a botched assassination attempt landed him a stint in San Quentin.

From his spellbinding account of artful deception to gain release from a Nazi prison and his work as a double-agent within the Gestapo, to his vivid depiction of a Communist Party fraught with intrigue and subterfuge, Krebs gives an unflinching portrayal of the internal machinations of both parties.

Writing at age 36 under the name Jan Valtin, Krebs lays bare a young life filled with idealism and devotion-disillusionment and loss-in a world full of revolutionary promise gone immeasurably wrong.
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Estatísticas

Obras
8
Also by
1
Membros
200
Popularidade
#110,008
Avaliação
½ 4.3
Críticas
3
ISBN
18
Línguas
3

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