Nacht und Nebel, meaning “Night and Fog,” was a designation given to some prisoners held by the Nazis. It was assigned to prisoners who posed security risks, so those prisoners would be made to disappear into the “night and fog.”
Nacht und Nebel (NN) Quotes in Code Name Verity
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Part 1: Ormaie 18.XI.43 JB-S
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9) Not being able to finish my story.
10) Also of finishing it.
I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can’t believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.
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Part 1: Ormaie 23.XI.43 JB-S
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He has a light nasal tenor—so beautiful. It hurt worse than being slapped, being shown the irony of his life. And of mine, of mine—OF MINE—Isolde alive in the day and the sun while I suffocate in Night and Fog, the unfairness of it, the random unfairness of everything, of me being here and Isolde being in Switzerland, and Engel not getting any cognac and Jamie losing his toes. And Maddie, Oh lovely Maddie,
MADDIE
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Nacht und Nebel (NN) Term Timeline in Code Name Verity
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Part 1: Ormaie 17.XI.43 JB-S
...she speaks German, so she learned what they plan to do with her. She’s a Nacht und Nebel , or “Night and Fog,” prisoner, which means they see her as a security risk...
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Part 1: Ormaie 18.XI.43 JB-S
...camp called Ravensbrück. If she’s not lucky, she’ll end up at Natzweiler-Struthof, which is where Nacht und Nebel prisoners vanish. It’s mostly men; female prisoners who are sent there are used as live...
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Note to Amadeus von Linden from Nikolaus Ferber, translated from the German
...official Gestapo stationery, Ferber writes that this is his final warning that Julie is an NN prisoner, and she must be sent to Natzweiler-Struthof. There she will be executed by lethal...
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