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bei Nacht und Nebel (adv. phrase)
covertly, secretly, under cover of darkness, in the dead of night
die Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion (-en)
cloak and dagger operation, covert mission, hush-hush operation, secret/clandestine operation, stealth operation (under cover of darkness); extraordinary rendition (US/CIA)
In einer Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion stürmte eine US-Sondereinheit in der Nacht auf Montag die Villa von Osama Bin Laden im pakistanischen Abbottabad.
In a covert mission in the early morning hours of Monday, a US special unit stormed Osama bin Laden's villa in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Am 13. August 1961 wurde in einer Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion West-Berlin hermetisch abgeriegelt.
On August 13, 1961, in an overnight, hush-hush operation, West Berlin was hermetically sealed off [from East Germany].
"Nacht und Nebel" (1955, Originaltitel: "Nuit et brouillard") ist ein französischer Dokumentarfilm über die sogenannte Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion des NS-Staates. (1955)
Night and Fog (1955, original title: Nuit et brouillard) is a French documentary film about the so-called "night and fog" operation of the Nazi state.
Related:
der Nacht-und-Nebel-Erlass Night and Fog Directive
The "Night and Fog" term is a reference to a Tarnhelm (invisible helmet) spell from Wagner's "Rheingold." It was a directive (Erlass) by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941 that allowed the secret arrest and imprisonment of enemies of the Nazi state, usually in the dead of night. The directive's "night and fog" name was only used during and after the Nuremberg Trials.
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