DRAMATIS PERSONAE

MAIN CHARACTERS

Reinhardt, Gregor Kripo detective, assigned to Schöneberg; a former officer in the German Army

Bliemeister, Bruno Assistant Chief of Police in the American sector

Bochmann, Heinrich Former executive officer of III./NJG64 (formerly IV./JG56)

Brauer, Rudolph Former policeman; Reinhardt’s best friend and former partner in Kripo

Carlsen British agent, found murdered

Collingridge, David American official in the US occupation authorities

De Massigny, Armand French lieutenant and archivist, working in the WASt

Endres Professor of pathology at the Charité hospital complex

Ganz, Hugo Veteran Kripo detective in Schöneberg; a man of few loyalties

Gareis Former pilot in IV./JG56

Gieb A prostitute

Haber Former air force researcher and scientist

Jürgen Former pilot in IV./JG56

Kausch Former SS stürmbannfuhrer (major); a man with a past to hide

Lassen Kripo detective in Hamburg

Leyser, Marius Former Brandenburger (German commando)

Dr. Lütjens Former air force researcher and scientist

Margraff, Paul Berlin’s police president (chief of police), a German soldier captured at Stalingrad and now a Soviet collaborator

Markworth, James British official in the UK occupation authorities

Meissner, Hilde Widow of Tomas Meissner, Reinhardt’s former mentor

Neumann, Walter Chief of police in Schöneberg

Noell, Andreas Former pilot in IV./JG56

Noell, Theodor Former air force researcher and scientist

Ochs Superintendent of Noell’s building

Reinhardt, Friedrich Reinhardt’s son, a former Soviet prisoner of war

Semrau German official working in the WASt

Skokov Major in the Soviet MGB (state security)

Stresemann Allegedly Gieb’s pimp, wanted for Carlsen’s murder

Stucker Former pilot in IV./JG56

Tanneberger, Karl Chief of detectives in Schöneberg

Uthmann Tenant in Noell’s building

Von Vollmer, Claus Former commanding officer of III./NJG64 (formerly IV./JG56), now a businessman

Weber Kripo detective; a surly young man with an unknown past, often seen with detectives Frohnau and Schmidt

Whelan, Harry British official in the Allied Control Council

Zuleger Former pilot in IV./JG56

OTHER CHARACTERS (ELSEWHERE OR DECEASED PRIOR TO THIS STORY)

Albrecht, Fenski, Hauck, Meurer, Osterkamp, Prellberg, and Thurner Former pilots in IV./JG56

Vukić, Suzana A Yugoslav partisan

ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Allied Control Council The military-occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, composed of representatives from the US, USSR, UK, and France, located in the Kammergericht building in the US sector in Berlin

Berlin Document Center Central repository of documents relating to the Nazi Party and Nazism, instrumental in the formulation of war crimes investigations and proceedings. Located in Zehlendorf in the US sector

WASt Wehrmacht Information Office for War Losses and PoWs: the central repository for information on German servicemen, as well as German and Allied prisoners of war. Located in Reinickendorf in the French sector