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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

 Na
 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
 Ne
 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.
                                            Click here for a                         Click here to see
 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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