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Imagine you are living in              But as you hurry your steps,            who was silently walking

        1941. You are walking down             you feel a shiver go up your            behind you, knocks you                            Sur v i v or   of
                                                                                                                                    t he  Nacht   und
        an alleyway late at night in           spine. You know this shiver             unconscious. When you
                                                                                                                                                       Nebel
        France, trying your best not           way too well. It?s the shiver           wake up, you find yourself

        to be seen. You know there             you get                                           staring at at a
                                                                                                                               Albert Guerisse, one of the most                Executive.
        will be consequences if you            when                                              uniform you are
                                                                                                                               well-known inmate of the                        Although not
        are seen, so you decide stick          you feel                                          wearing. The
                                                                                                                               Natzweiler-Struthof, was a medical  really a prisoner
        to the shadows. The                    like a                                            uniform has the
                                                                                                                               doctor and a resistance fighter.                of the Nacht und
        information you have                   deer                                              letters ?NN?. Now,
                                                                                                                               Also, while using the name Patrick  Nebel, Guerisse
        secretly collected about the           being                                             you might be

        Nazis are priceless for the            stalked                                           thinking right now,           O'Leary to hide his real identity,              was surrounded by
        person you are meeting. As             by a                                              "Jose, I thought you          Albert Guerisse was a British SOE               prisoners of the Nacht und

        you turn a corner, you                 jaguar.                                           were going to 'tell'          from Belgium. The SOE was a                     Nebel, therefore experiencing

        almost sigh with relief as             As you                                            me an overview of a           British spy organization which                  some of the pain they went
        soon as you see the                    turn around, your eyes                  historical subject, but here            stood for Special Operations                    through.

        rendezvous in the distance.            widen as a Gestapo officer,             you are 'telling' me a fictional

                                                                                       story!", but do not be easily
                                                                                                                                German troops. Upon                   states on his                         the population do not know
              Johann  Wol f gang                                                       fooled my friends. This                  capture, these people were            implementation letter that            [the prisoner's] fate." (?Night

                                          v on                                         scenario may be similar to               to be brought to Germany              "efficient intimidation can           and Fog Decree?). During

                                   Goet he                                             what many people went                    ?by night and fog? for trial by       only be achieved either by            these harsh times, many

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            c                                                                          through in 1941.
                                                                                                                                special courts. Military              capital punishment or by              people's lives were changed
                                                                                       Nacht   und                              procedure and various                 measures by which the                 in both a good way and a
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                                was Germany's most acclaimed                                                                    conventions governing the             relatives of the criminal and         bad way.
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                                        poet and playwright. In his                                                             treatment of prisoners were                  So you say you want to know more
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                           b                                                           Issued by Adolf Hitler, the              circumvented by this. The
                            e      famous and influential works,
                             l                                                                                                                                             about the Nacht und Nebel? Here are
                                Goethe uses the phrase ?Nacht                          Nacht und Nebel decree was               decree forbade these                                some links for some more
                                                                                       the codename given to a                  prisoners to have contact
                                             und Nebel? to ?describe
                                                                                       decree of December 7, 1941.              with loved ones and family                                     information.
                                          clandestine actions often
                                                                                       This particular decree was               members in their homeland
                                          concealed by fog and the                     directed to people in                    to deter local resistance.
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                                                      darkness of night?               occupied territories engaging            Keitel, a Field Marshal and
                                                                                                                                                                      Book Talk                                the "actual' decree
                                                                                       in activities intended to                Chief of the German Armed
                                                                                       undermine the security of                Forces High Command,                  Click Her e!                             Click Her e!
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