The Mascot (47 page)

Natasha (interpreter)

Nazis

and Latvians

and Lobe

and Smits

Nelly
(ship)

newspapers

and skepticism about Alex's story

Smits's articles about Alex in

and verification of Alex's story

newsreel

Alex and Mark as viewing

about Alex in Carnikava

Alex's reactions to seeing

copies of

filming of Carnikava-Dzintari

and Kurzems' Carnikava visit

and skepticism about Alex's story

nightmares/dreams, Alex's

Novackis, Miss (tutor)

Novgorod, Russia, Lobe's SS troops near

October Street, Koidanov

Osis (Latvian officer)

Otto (Alex's friend)

Oxford, England

Alex and Patricia in

Alex's visit to

Elli in

Mark's reflections about Alex's story in

Mark's return to

Professor M. in

Schwartz in

pajama incident, at Dzenises' house

Panok family

Alex as believing himself to be a member of

Alex as first telling Mark about

as Alex's childhood friends

Alex's feelings/memories about

and Alex's picture in SS uniform

and Alex's search in atlas

and Alex's secretiveness

Alex's ties to

and Alex's wanderings in forest

and Elli-Mark discussion

Frank's research on

as Jewish family near Minsk

as key to Alex's identity

Koidanov connection with

Mark as telling Alex about

Panok family

as mystery

as perishing in Holocaust

and Reizman letter

and researching Alex's story

and videotape of Alex at Holocaust center

partisan(s)

Anya Katz as member of

as heroes

Jews as

Latvian soldiers' searches for/killing of

Lobe's views about

and Solomon and Volodya's escape from Koidanov

Solomon Galperin as

Stalin's views about

in Volhov area

Volodya Katz with

photograph(s)

of Aizum and Alex

of Alex in uniform

of Alex with soldiers

anonymously sent

and break-in at Alex's home

at Carnikava

of Daugavas

of Dzenis family and Alex

of Erick Galperin and family

and escape from Riga

and filming in Carnikava

in Galperin house

of Hana Galperin

of Kulis and Alex

and Kurzems' Koidanov visit

of Lobe and Alex

of Lobe and wife

of Mark

at railroad

in Reizman letter

at Saules camp

and skepticism about Alex's story

of Smits and Alex

of Solomon Galperin

at Volhov

pigherds, Russian

Port Meadow (Oxford, England)

prisoner of war, Alex as

Prosser, Alice

Alex's first meeting with

and Alex's reluctance to tell about

Slonim massacre

background of

and Erick Galperin telephone call

Koidanov research of

and Kurzems' Koidanov trip

Mark's meeting with

Patricia's first meeting with

and Reizman letters/telegram

visits with Alex by

rabbis

railroad

Alex's adventures on Australian

Latvian soldiers as searching for partisans on

photograph of soldiers and Alex at

Volodya with partisans at

rape, by Latvian soldiers

Red Cross

Reizman, Frida

research on Alex's story

and analysis of videocassette

in atlas

beginning of Mark's

and historical context

and Holocaust historians

revenge, Alex's views about

Riga, Latvia

Alex's daily life in

Alex's disgraceful return to

Alex's early visits to

escape from

Kurzems' trip to

Mark's research on Alex's life in

museums in

SS headquarters in

and verification of Alex's story

See also
Dzenis family; Laima Chocolates

Riga Orphan's Court, documents from

Rockhampton, Australia, Alex's trip to

Rozes (Latvian soldier)

Rubenis, Captain (Latvian soldier)

Rumbula, extermination of Jews at

Russia/Russians

Alex's childhood mementos from

Alex's views about

Alex with SS troops in

Belarus's alignment with

and escape from Riga

and Latvia

and Lobe investigation

and massacres by Kurzeme Battalion

and World War II as Great Patriotic

War

“S” camp

Alex with soldiers at

Mark's research on

as mystery

Stolbtsi as possibly

Saules camp (Geesthacht, Germany)

and documents concerning Alex

Dzenis family and Alex in

photographs taken at

Schwartz, Samuel

Schwerin, Germany, and escape from Riga

Siegel family

Slavits, Miss (film archivist)

Slonim massacre

Smits, Arnold

soldiers, American

soldiers, British

soldiers, German

and Alex's SS activities

Alex's views about

at Dzenises' home

and escape from Riga

and Lobe's SS troops on Russian front

near Koidanov

in newsreel

on patrol with Latvian soldiers

photographs of Alex with

surrender of

soldiers, Latvian

“adoption” of Alex by

and Alex as Jew

Alex's feelings/views about

and Alex's nationality

Alex's relationship with

Alex's story as cover-up for

Alex with

drinking/partying by

Eighteenth Battalion of

finding of Alex in forest by

German soldiers on patrol with

investigation of

Jewish boy killed by

Jews/partisans searched for

and Koidanov massacre

Laima as official sponsor of

Mark's research on

massacre of Jews by

and murder of Alex's family

as part of Wehrmacht

photographs of Alex with

as police brigade

railway patrol of

as Second Division

and Slonim massacre

as SS unit

“training” of Alex by

as urging Alex to kill Jews

views about Jews of

in Volhov

and women

See also specific people's names

soldiers, Lithuanian

Soviet Union.
See
Russia/Russians

SS

Alex as volunteer in

Alex in uniform of

and Einsatzgruppen

insignia

Latvian headquarters of

and photographs of Kulis and Alex

Stalin, Josef

Steuben
(ship)

Stolbtsi (Belarus village)