DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)
HUMANS | |
A NIELEWICZ , M ORDECHAI | Jewish partisan, eastern Poland |
Archie | Military Hospital Orderly, Chicago |
Auerbach, Rance | Captain, U.S. Cavalry, Syracuse, Kansas |
B EAVERBROOK , L ORD | British Minister of Supply |
Berkowitz, Benjamin | Captain, U.S. Army; psychiatrist, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
Beulah | Receptionist, Hanford, Washington |
B LAIR , E RIC | BBC newsreader and author, London |
Calhoun, Jake | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
C HILL , K URT | Wehrmacht Lieutenant General, Pskov, USSR |
Chung, Horace | Laundryman, Lewiston, Idaho |
Daniels, Peter (“Mutt”) | Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Chicago |
D EIBNER , K URT | Nuclear physicist, Tübingen,Germany |
Doc | Physician, Chicago |
Donnelly | Bomb disposal expert, U. S. Army Chicago |
Dölger | Wehrmacht captain, Pskov, USSR |
Edie | Whore, Lewiston, Idaho |
E INSTEIN , A LBERT | Physicist, Couch, Missouri |
E ISENHOWER , D WIGHT | U.S. Army General, Couch, Missouri |
Embry, Ken | RAF pilot, grounded in Pskov, USSR |
Eschenbach, Wolfgang | Panzer loader, Rouffach, Alsace |
F ERMI , E NRICO | Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado |
Fleishman, Bertha | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
Fred | RAF Flight Sergeant, Watnall England |
Friedrich | Partisan, Eastern Poland |
George | Local resident, Hanford Washington |
G ERMAN , A LEKSANDR | Partisan Brigadier, Pskoc, USSR |
G ODDARD , R OBERT | Rocket expert, Couch, Missouri |
Goldfarb, David | RAF radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Gorbunova, Ludmila | RAF pilot |
Grillparzer, Gunther | Panzer gunner near Breslau Germany |
G ROVES , L ESLIE | Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
Gruver, Solomon | Jewish fireman in Lodz, Poland |
Gus | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
Hagerman, Max | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
H ALIFAX , L ORD | British ambassador to the United States |
Henry | RAF man, Nottingham England |
Henry, Marjorie | Physician, Hanford Idaho |
Hexham | Colonel, U.S. Army, Denver Colorado |
Hines, Rachel | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas |
Hipple, Fred | RAF Group Captain, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Ho Ma | Midwife, refugee camp west of Shanghai |
Horton, Leo | RAF Radarman, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Hou Yi | Dung-beetle show man, Peking |
Howard | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
Hsia Shou-Tao | People’s Libreation Army officer, China |
H ULL , C ORDELL | U.S. Secretary of State |
Jacobi, Nathan | BBC newsreader, London |
Jacobs | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
“Jacques” | French farmer near Ambialet |
Jäger, Heinrich | Panzer colonel, Rouffach, Alsace |
Jerzy | Partisan, eastern Poland |
Jimmy | Stretcher-bearer, Chicago |
Johannes | Panzer driver near Breslau, Germany |
Jones, Jerome | RAF radarman in Pskov, USSR |
Karpov, Feofan | RAF colonel south of Moscow |
Kennan, Maurice | RAF Flight Lieutenant, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Kipnis, Jakub | Interpreter, Lizard POW camp in Poland |
Larssen, Jens | Nuclear physicist with the Mettalurgical Laboratory |
Lidov, Boris | Colonel, NKVD |
Liu Han | Peasant woman in refugee camp south of Shanghai |
Magruder, Bill | Lieutenant, U.S. Cavalry , Syracuse, Kansas |
Mather, Donald | Captain, Special Air Service, Dover, England |
Mavrogordato, Panagiotis | Captain of tramp freighter Naxos |
Maxwell | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
Meinecke, Klaus | Panzer gunner, Rouffach, Alsace |
M OLOTOV , V YACHESLAV | Foreign commissar, of the USSR |
Muldoon, Herman | First sergeant, U.S. Army Chicago |
M USSOLINI , B ENITO | Italian Fascist leader, Couch, Missouri |
N IEH H O -T’ ING | People’s Liberation Army officer, China |
Nigel | RAF corporal, Watnall, England |
Nordenskold, Morton | Colonel, U.S. Army, Lamar, Colorado |
Norma | BBC worker, London |
Nussboym, David | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
O’Neill, Red | Cavalry trooper, U.S. Army |
Okamoto | Major, Japanese Army |
Oscar | Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
Pete | U.S. Army sentry, Denver, Colorado |
Pirogova, Tatiana | Red Army sniper, Pskov, USSR |
Porlock | Supply officer, Minneapolis |
R IBBENTROP , J OACHIM VON | German Foreign Minister |
Roundbush, Basil | RAF Flight Officer, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Russie, Moishe | Jewish refugee and broadcaster, London |
Russie, Reuven | Son of Moishe and Rivka Russie |
Russie, Rivka | Moishe Russie’s wife |
Schultz, Georg | German soldier working as RAF mechanic |
Sholudenko, Nikifor | NKVD officer |
Silberman, Pinchas | Jew in Lodz, Poland |
S KORZENY , O TTO | SS Standartenfürher |
Smithers | British Army major |
Smitty | Cavalry trooper, eastern Colorado |
S TALIN , I OSEF | General Secretary, Communist Party of the USSR |
Stanegate, Fred | British soldier |
Stansfield, Roger | Royal Naval Commander; captain HMS Seanymph |
Stella | Barmaid, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Summers, Penny | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas |
Summers, Wendell | Escapee from Lakin, Kansas; Penny’s father |
Szabo, Bela (“Dracula”) | Private, U.S. Army, Chicago |
S ZILARD , L EO | Nuclear physicist, Denver, Colorado |
Szymanski, Stan | Captain, U.S. Army, Chicago |
Terence | Storekeeper, Couch Missouri |
Tompkins | Major, U.S. Army, Hot Springs, Arkansas |
V ASILIEV , N IKOLAI | Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR |
Wiggs, Ralph | RAF meteorologist, Bruntingthorpe, England |
Yeager, Barbara | Sam Yeager’s wife |
Yeager, Jonathan | Son of Sam and Barbara Yeager |
Yeager, Sam | Sergeant, U.S. Army, Denver, Colorado |
“Yetta” | Telephone operator, Lodz, Poland |
York, Hank | Radioman, U.S. Army, Chicago |
THE RACE | |
Atvar | Fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race |
Diffal | Security officer |
Ekretkan | Casualty, St. Alban’s, England |
Elifrim | Airbase commander, southern France |
Hisslef | Base commandant, Siberia |
Hossad | Killercraft pilot |
Innoss | Airbase armorer, southern France |
Jisrin | Killrcraft pilot |
Kirel | Shiplord, 127th Emperor Hetto |
Msseff | Reasercher in China |
Nejas | Landcruiser commander, Alsace |
Nivvek | Killercraft pilot |
Pshing | Adjutant to Atvar |
Ristin | Prisoner of war, Denver , Colorado |
Rokois | Assistant to Pshing |
Skoob | Landcruiser gunner, Alsace |
Sserep | Killercraft pilot |
Straha | Shiplord, 206th Emperor Yower |
Teerts | Flight leader, prisoner of war, Tokyo |
Tessrek | Researcher in human psychology |
Ttomalss | Researcher in human psychology |
Ullhass | Prisoner of war, Denver, Colorado |
Ussmak | Landcruiser driver, Alsace |
Vesstil | Shuttlecraft pilot for Straha |
Wuppah | Smallgroup commander, Chicago |