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Elise Berg

Elise

Actress Julia Jentsch

Played on The Greatest Generation MUSH (2005-2006)

Full Name: Elise Berg
Known as: Elise
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Occupation: Anti-Aircraft Gunner, Red Army
Hobbies/Interests: Music


Elise's father, born and raised in Russia, was an ethnic German. This caused him to experience a great deal of persecution during the Russian Revolution, despite being a die-hard supporter of the Bolsheviks . He and his wife emigrated to Dresden, Germany where they raised their five children. Elise, now 18, is the youngest. Though she was born in Germany, she considers herself first and foremost a Russian. Thanks to her labor-union-organizer father, she is also a staunch Communist.

When war broke out and the Nazis began rounding up Communists, then-15-year-old Elise was sent to Stalingrad to live with her Aunt Aleksandra and her family. Her parents remained behind, where her father continued to operate in the KPD underground. The rest of her older siblings are still in Germany as well, except for brother Alexi, who joined the Red Army.

Last year, Elise received word from her sister that her parents had been sent to a Nazi concentration camp. She does not know if they're alive or dead, but fears the worst. This has only fueled her hatred of the Nazis. She enlisted in the reserves as soon as she was old enough, and was assigned as a medic to the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

Elise

Russian medic, sleeping

Elise

Russian anti-aircraft crew