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Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Chotek leave the Sarajevo Town Hall, five minutes before the assassination, June 28 1914.
"The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk" is a novel with an unusually rich array of characters. In addition to the many who directly form part of the plot, a large number of fictive and real people (and animals) are mentioned; either through Švejks anecdotes, the narrative or indirectly through words and expressions.
This web page contains short write-ups on all persons the novel refers to; from Napoleón in the introduction to Captain Ságner in the last few lines of the unfinished Book Four. The list is sorted according to the order of which the names appear. The chapter headlines are from Zenny K. Sadlon's recent translation and will in most cases differ from Cecil Parrott's version from 1973.
- The facts are mainly taken from Wikipedia but verified against other sources
- The quotes in Czech are copied from the online version of Švejk provided by Jaroslav Šerák and contain links to the relevant chapter
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The names are colored according to their role in the novel, illustrated by the following examples: Doctor Grünstein who is directly involved in the plot, Heinrich Heine as a historical person, and Ferdinand Kokoška as an invented person, mentioned in dialogues and anecdotes.
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The Good Soldier Švejk list of people mentioned in the novel
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Book one. In the rear
1. The good soldier Švejk acts to intervene in the world war (25)
14. Švejk as military servant to senior lieutenant Lukáš (35)
Book two. At the front
2. Švejk's budějovická anabasis (51)
3. Švejk's happenings in Királyhida (41)
5. From Bruck on the Leitha toward Sokal (44)
Book three. The famous thrashing
1. Across Magyaria (54)
2. In Budapest (34)
3. From Hatvan to the borders of Galicia (33)
Book four. The famous thrashing continued
1. Švejk in the transport of russian prisoners of war (34)
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Book one. In the rear |
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3. Švejk before the court physicians | |||
| Demartini | | |
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Demartini was the fat head of the prison guards at the Reginal Criminal Court.
Quote from the novel
Čisté, útulné pokojíky zemského „co trestního soudu“ učinily na Švejka nejpříznivější dojem. Vybílené stěny, černě natřené mříže i tlustý pan Demartini, vrchní dozorce ve vyšetřovací vazbě s fialovými výložky i obrubou na erární čepici. fialová barva je předepsána nejen zde, nýbrž i při náboženských obřadech na Popeleční středu i Veliký pátek. ... more
| Alois Valeš | | ||||
| *Praha(?) - †20.12.1908 Praha | |||||
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Alois Valeš had in 1902 committed a double murder on Matilda Hanzeliová and Josef Takač in a villa in Krč. The motive was propably money because Takač was wealthy. He hid the corpses in the basement and the crime wasn't discovered until 1905. He got a death sentence but the verdict was converted to life imprisonment by Emperor Franz Joseph I.
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Alois Valeš had som years earlier been interrogated by the same good-natured man who questioned Švejk.
Quote from the novel
Starší pán dobromyslného vzezření, který kdysi, vyšetřuje známého vraha Valeše, nikdy neopomenul jemu říci: „Račte si sednout, pane Valeš, právě je zde jedna prázdná židle.“ ... more
| Pontius Pilate | | ||||
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Pontius Pilate was Roman governor of Judea in the period 26 to 36 AD and oviously plays a central part in the Bible as the Roman official who sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion.
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Pontius Pilate is written about by the author when he describes those of the examening magistrates who were most obsessed with the letter of the law as "the Pilates of the new era".
Quote from the novel
Vracela se slavná historie římského panství nad Jerusalemem. Vězně vyváděli i představovali je před Piláty roku 1914tého dolů do přízemku. A vyšetřující soudcové, Piláti nové doby, místo aby si čestně myli ruce, posílali si pro papriku a plzeňské pivo k Teissigovi a odevzdávali nové a nové žaloby na státní návladnictví. ... more
Also written:Pilát Pontský cz
| Prokop Švejk | | |
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Prokop Švejk is mentioned in passing by Švejk when referring to his parents. They are mentioned again in chapter 2.5, this time by their full name.
Quote from the novel
„Já myslím,“ odpověděl Švejk, „že jím musím být, poněvadž i můj tatínek byl Švejk a maminka paní Švejková. Já jim nemohu udělat takovou hanbu, abych zapíral svoje jméno.“ ... more
| Antonie Švejková | | |
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Antonie Švejková is mentioned in passing by Švejk when referring to his parents. They are mentioned again in chapter 2.5, this time by their full name.
Quote from the novel
„Já myslím,“ odpověděl Švejk, „že jím musím být, poněvadž i můj tatínek byl Švejk a maminka paní Švejková. Já jim nemohu udělat takovou hanbu, abych zapíral svoje jméno.“ ... more
Also written:Paní Švejková cz
| Antonín Heveroch | | ||||
| *29.1.1869 Minice - †2.3.1927 Praha | |||||
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Antonín Heveroch was a notable Czech psychiatrist and neurologist who was, amongst other things, known for his studies on dyslexia and epilepsy.
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Antonín Heveroch was mentioned in a story by one of Svejk's fellow detainees who had gone to a lecture by Heveroch to learn to fake madness. He drank from the ink pot and performed his bodily needs in front of the legal commission. The only mistake he made was to bite a psychiatrist in the right foot, a procedure which was not described by Dr. Heveroch. One of the doctors of the commission that examined Švejk was a follower of Dr. Heveroch's psychiatric teaching.
Quote from the novel
„Já těm soudním lékařům nic nevěřím,“ poznamenal muž inteligentního vzezření. „Když jsem jednou padělal směnky, pro všechen případ chodil jsem na přednášky k doktoru Heverochovi, a když mě chytili, simuloval jsem paralytika právě tak, jak ho vyličoval pan doktor Heveroch. ... more
| Theodor Rotter | | ||||
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Theodor Rotter was a renowned dog breeder and policeman, stationed at Pisek. He specialised in police dogs and was a member of the Polizeihundverein (Police dog association). Jaroslav Hašek knew him personally from his time as editor of the magazine Svět zvířat (Animal World).
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Theodor Rotter trained his dogs by experimenting with them on tramps in the Kladno district according to one of Svejk's stories. He is mentioned again in book two, chapter two during Švejk's wanderings around Písek. In the novel he is referred to as rytmistr Rotter, Rittmeister Rotter in German.
Quote from the novel
Taky vám dám příklad, jak se na Kladně zmejlil jeden policejní pes, vlčák toho známého rytmistra Rottera. Rytmistr Rotter pěstoval ty psy a dělal pokusy s vandráky, až se Kladensku počali všichni vandráci vyhejbat. ... more
| Kallerson | | ||||
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Kallerson was a psychiatrist but there is no information available apart from what is said in the novel.
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Kallerson is mentioned together with the psychiatrists Heveroch and Weiking as someone who had founded a school within the discipline.
Quote from the novel
Věc byla úplně jasnou. Spontánním projevem Švejkovým odpadla celá řada otázek a zůstaly jen některé nejdůležitější, aby s odpovědí potvrzeno bylo prvé mínění o Švejkovi na základě systému doktora psychiatrie Kallersona, doktora Heverocha i Angličana Weikinga. ... more
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Weiking was an English psychiatrist but there is no information available apart from what is said in the novel.
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Weiking is mentioned together with the psychiatrists Heveroch and Kallerson as someone who had founded a school within the discipline.
Quote from the novel
Věc byla úplně jasnou. Spontánním projevem Švejkovým odpadla celá řada otázek a zůstaly jen některé nejdůležitější, aby s odpovědí potvrzeno bylo prvé mínění o Švejkovi na základě systému doktora psychiatrie Kallersona, doktora Heverocha i Angličana Weikinga. ... more
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I would like to thank the following people for help, information and inspirastion during the work on these web pages, here listed in alphabetical order: Karel Babčický, Alexandr Drbal, Pavel Gan, Richard Hašek, Hans-Peter Laqueur, Radko Pytlík, Zenny Sadlon, Sergey Soloukh and Jaroslav Šerák. I would like to thank Šerák in particluar, without his direct help and goodwill this project would never have been successful. I would also like to extend the gratitude to my employer who have kindly allowed me six months off to travel in the footsteps of Jaroslav Hašek.
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