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Jan Valtin. Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (December 17, 1905 - January 1, 1951), better known by his alias Jan Valtin, was a German writer during the interwar period. He settled in the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book Out of the Night .
Jan Valtin. Born. in Germany. December 17, 1905. Died. January 01, 1951. edit data. Jan Valtin was the alias of Richard Julius Hermann Krebs, a German writer during the interwar period. He settled to the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book 'Out of the Night'.
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Jan 10, 2023 · Their headline read: “Jan Valtin (Richard Krebs) was Gestapo Spy, Scandinavian Seamen Charged in 1938.” He hummed a funeral march for the memory of a comrade who had been cast aside by the party, and he sang to trouble his captors— Death to hangmen, kings, and traitors.
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Jan Valtin. 4.52. 278 ratings43 reviews. A bestseller in 1941, selected by the Book of the Month Club for a special edition and described by Book of the Month Club News “. . . full of sensational revelations and interspersed with episodes of daring, of desperate conflict, of torture, and of ruthless conspiracy . . .
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May 1, 2004 · 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.
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D Jan Valtin was the pseudonym of a certain Richard Julius Herman Krebs, who was born in the north of Germany, probably on Decem-ber 17, 1905, and who certainly died on New Year’s Day, 1951, in a hospital on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. We have reason to believe that in the forty-five intervening years he had been a vagabond child following ...
Jan 30, 2020 · Jan Valtin. 24 books8 followers. Follow. Jan Valtin was the alias of Richard Julius Hermann Krebs, a German writer during the interwar period. He settled to the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book 'Out of the Night'.
