Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
Out of the Night

many was in my head-its
cities, rivers, railroad sched-
ules. / memorized a long
string of names and cover
names, addressesand cover ad-
dresses.
Whenever Wollweber men
toned the anne of one of my
prospective collaborators. he
would add:
Maybe the comrade Il still
at large or maybe he's caught
or dead. You'll have to find
that out"
l was to organize the dis
tribution of large quantities Of
propaganda TO the various dis
trict headquarters. The printed
matter was struggled into the
port of Hamburg by maritime
couriers. but the organization
which had been created to
relay the literary contraband
from its depots in the harbof-
of Hamburg TO the party staff
in the inland had broken
odwn.
My task was to rebuild it.
Besides, there were other as
signmentS, Of a more limited
nature, but no less important;
the forw ardi ing by ship
couriers of confidential reports
from Germany to Copenhagen.
Some of these reports would
come from Rudolf Hoffman.
the GPU man in the Ham
burg Gestapo; others would
come from our spies in
various Nazi organizations.
among Which-the German
Labor Front and the Aus
landsabteilung the Foreign
Division of the Nazi Party
were the most important.
PREPARE IN SECRET
Two of the best courier
ships were reserved to carry
such reports, the steamers
Beira and Jolantha, Danish
vessels ira d ing between
COpenhagen- and HAMBURG
and manned exclusively by
Richard Jensen's men.
All preparations for my
illegal entry TO Germany were
surrounded with the utmost
secrecy. From Jensen / re-
ceived two carefully forged
pass ports. One was of
Danish origin; the other was
British. issued in the name
of Robert Williams, a journal
ist, and signed by Sir John
Simon.
From Jensen / also received
the sum of $4,000 half of
which was TO be conveyed TO
The Berlin organization, while
the other half was to cover
my expenses for the first
tire months of underground"
activities.
And finally Ernst Woll-
weber informed me that he
had deailed a reliable girl
comrade to act as my personal
secretary and courier.
"Who is she ?" l demanded.
"Cilly."
Since Wollwebers arrival
in Paris. Cilly had married
pro forma-an elderly and OBJ
scure member of the Danish
Communist Party. Such pro-
cedure was common with our
female agents.
MARRIED AS DUTY
Through her marriage Cilly
had legally changed her name
and had lawfully acquired
Danish citizenship. The Dane,
after he had played the role
of husband as a party duty,
had been shipped TO Russia
and taken out of harms way.
Came the day of leave
taking from Firelei.
A tear trickled over her
cheek.
you'll never come back to
me now" she. said. "FrOm
Germany nobody ever re-
turns"
A little later she was brave
again. We had a quiet sup
per, and then we went to
Firelei's room which she had
decorated with many flowers.
She chung to me fiercely. ten
derby, possessed by a gigantic
determination to give me
everything. the best she could
give, the most any woman can
give in a last embrace.
At 10 o'clock julius Van
man. the GPU man from Jen-
sens cortege, arrived. For
time he waited quietly. Then
Sc said:
Time to go, comrade."
| tore myself fire and fol-
lowed the GPU guide to the
street. Firelei must stay.
She was forbidden TO know al
what point l crossed the Ger