Roman Schweiger

Unteroffizier Kurt Roman Schweiger is a character in The Kremlin Chronicles. He is a soldier in the East German National People's Army and close associate of Soviet sniper Boris Ryzhkov.
== Biography ==
Schweiger's were Gerhard and Lorelei Schweiger, German Communists who were imprisoned during the Nazi regime. Gerhard was 30 years old when he met Lorelei in Moscow, who was only 19 at the time; it was in Moscow where both Gerhard and Herta learned Russian, which they would later teach to their only son, Roman, who was named after French novelist and essayist Romain Rolland. 
Schweiger was born in Lübeck, West Germany, but his family moved to East Germany shortly after his birth, where his parents worked as schoolteachers in East Berlin. Despite being the son of respected members of the community, Schweiger was a lonely child, with only his parents' secret collection of books to keep him company during his early teenage years; this allowed Schweiger to be at least somewhat conversational in English, a skill that will prove to be valuable in his military career.
When Schweiger was ten years old, he witnessed a military parade in front of his apartment building, an event that Schweiger claims prompted him to join the NVA when he was 18 years old. Schweiger's command over the Russian and English languages - and his connections to the East German intelligentsia - gave him the opportunity to work as an interpreter for the Red Army and made him a valuable asset on the field, which earned him an accelerated promotion to Stabsgefreiter (equivalent to Corporal) within six months of service. In Early 1979, he was promoted to Unteroffizier (equivalent to Staff Sergeant) and was assigned to the Soviet 8th Guards Army as a liaison official.
Given his early upbringing in West Germany, Schweiger was initially reluctant about the invasion of West Germany, but was quickly assured by his superiors that he would be participating in a mission of mercy to liberate the West Germans from an oppressive regime and finally unite both German states under one flag.