Harry Turtledove
Striking the Balance
(Worldwar-4)
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(Characters with names in CAPS are historical, others fictional)
ANIELEWICZ, MORDECHAI Jewish fighting leader, Lodz, Poland
Apfelbaum, Moisei Colonel Skriabin’s clerk,gulagnear Petrozavodsk, USSR
Auerbach, Rance U.S. Army cavalry captain, Lamar, Colorado
Avram Partisan near Hrubieszow, Poland
Bagnall, George Flight engineer, Pskov, USSR
Beck Wehrmacht captain, Riga, Latvia
BEGIN, MENACHEM Jewish guerrilla, Haifa, Palestine
Birkenfeld; Oskar Jewish Order Service policeman Lodz, Poland
Boleslaw Pole in Lodz, Poland
Borcke, Martin Wehrmacht captain, Pskov, USSR
BRADLEY,OMAR U.S. Army lieutenant general, outside Denver
BROCKDORFF-AHLEFELDT, WALTER VON Wehrmacht lieutenant general, Riga, Latvia
Casimir Partisan leader outside Hrubieszow, Poland
Chaim Jewish guard, Lodz, Poland
CHILL, KURT Wehrmacht lieutenant general, Pskov, USSR
Daniels, Peter (“Mutt”) U.S. Army second lieutenant, Chicago
Dolger, Hans Wehrmacht captain and adjutant, Pskov, USSR
DONOVAN, WILLIAM (“WILDBILL”) U.S. Army major general, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Donskoi, Yakov Soviet interpreter, Cairo
Drucker, Johannes Panzer driver north of Lodz, Poland
Easter British Army colonel, Haifa, Palestine
EDEN, ANTHONY British foreign secretary
Embry, Ken RAF pilot, Pskov, USSR
Fleishman, Bertha Jewish fighter, Lodz, Poland
Fritz Wehrmacht ammunition hauler north of Lodz, Poland
Fyodorov, Ivan Soviet prisoner in transit
GERMAN, ALEKSANDR Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR
GODDARD, ROBERT Rocket scientist, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Goldfarb, David RAF radarman, Dover, England
Gorbunova, Ludmila Red Air Force senior lieutenant, Pskov, USSR
Grabowski U.S. Army corporal, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Grillparzer, Gunther Wehrmacht gunner outside Lodz, Poland
GROVES, LESLIE U.S. Army brigadier general, Metallurgical Laboratory, Denver
Gruver, Solomon Jewish fighter, Lodz, Poland
Hanrahan U.S. Army captain, outside Fordyce, Arkansas
Hawkins U.S. Army lieutenant, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hines, Rachel U.S. Army cavalry private, Lamar, Colorado
Hsia Shou-Tao Communist guerrilla leader, Peking
HULL, CORDELL President of the United States
Ignacy Partisan leader outside Warsaw
Irma Waitress, Lamar, Colorado
Jager, Heinrich Wehrmacht panzer colonel outside Lodz, Poland
Joachim Wehrmacht ammunition hauler north of Lodz, Poland
Jones, Jerome RAF radarman Pskov, USSR
Jordan, Constantine RAF flight lieutenant, Dover, England
Kagan, Max American nuclear physicist, north of Moscow
Kapellmeister Wehrmacht major Kristianstand, Norway
Kaplan, Naomi Barmaid, White Horse Inn, Dover, England
Karol Farmer north of Lodz, Poland
KURCHATOV, IGOR Nuclear physicist, north of Moscow
Kurowski U.S. Army private, Chicago
Lidov, Boris NKVD colonel, Moscow
Liu Han Ex-peasant woman; guerrilla, Peking
Liu Mei Liu Han’s daughter
Logan Radioman near Fall Creek, Illinois
Magruder, Bill U.S. Army cavalry lieutenant, Lamar, Colorado
MAOTSE-TUNG Communist Party leader, Peking
Marchenko NKVD captain,gulagoutside Petrozavodsk, USSR
MARSHALL, GEORGE U.S. Secretary of State
Mather, Donald Captain, SAS, Dover, England
Mavrogordato, Panagiotis Captain of the freighter Naxos
Maxi SS officer north of Lodz, Poland
McBride RAF flying officer, Dover, England
Mehier, Karl Panzer loader north of Lodz, Poland
Mendel Jewish guard, Lodz, Poland
Mieczyslaw Farmer north of Lodz, Poland
Mikhailov, Anton Zek ingulagnear Petrozavodsk, USSR
MOLOTOV, VYACHESLAV Foreign commissar, USSR
Mori Japanese Army major, west of Peking
Muldoon, Herman U.S. Army sergeant, Chicago
NIEHHO-T’ING Guerrilla leader, Peking
Nussboym, David Political prisoner in transit
Osborne, Andy Guide near Karval, Colorado
Palchinsky, Yuri Guard, GULag near Petrozavodsk, USSR
PATTON, GEORGE U.S. Army lieutenant general near Fall Creek, Illinois
Peterson, Richard T echnician, Metallurgical Laboratory, Denver
Pirogova, Tatiana Red Army sniper, Pskov, USSR
Rasmussen U.S. Army lieutenant, Chicago
RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON German foreign minister
Rita Madam, Elgin, Illinois
Roundbush, Basil RAF flight lieutenant, Dover, England
Rudzutak, Stepan Gang boss ingulagnear Petrozavodsk, USSR
Russie, Moishe Jewish leader, approaching Palestine
Russie, Reuven Moishe and Rivka Russie’s son
Russie, Rivka Moishe Russie’s wife
Saul Jewish guard, Lodz, Poland
Schultz, Georg German mechanic attached to Red Air Force, Pskov, USSR
Sholom Partisan outside Hrubieszow, Poland
SKORZENY, OTTO SS Standartenfuhrer, North of Lodz, Poland
Skriabin NKVD colonel, GULag outside Petrozavodsk, USSR
Smithson, Hayward U.S. Army major, Medical Corps, Karval, Colorado
STALIN, IOSEF General Secretary, Communist Party, USSR
Stefarnia Partisan outside Hrubieszow, Poland
STERN Jewish guerrilla leader, Jerusalem
Summers, Penny Refugee, Lamar, Colorado
Su Shun-Ch’in Muslim qadi, Peking
Suzie Whore, Elgin, Illinois
Sylvia Barmaid, White Horse Inn, Dover, England
Szymanski, Stan U.S. Army captain, Elgin, Illinois
Tadeusz Farmer outside of Lodz, Poland
TOGO, SHIGENORI Japanese foreign minister
VASILIEV, NIKOLAI Partisan brigadier, Pskov, USSR
Witold Blacksmith, Hrubieszow Poland
Wladeslaw Partisan near Hrubieszow, Poland
Yeager, Barbara Sam Yeager’s wife
Yeager, Jonathan Sam and Barbara Yeager’s son
Yeager, Sam U.S. Army sergeant, Hot Springs, Arkansas
YitzkhakJ ew in Lodz Poland
Zelkowitz, Leon Jewish fighter, Lodz, Poland
Aaatos Intelligence operative, Florida
Atvar Fleetlord, conquest fleet of the Race