| Pro | | | Birnekau - The Auschwitz Concentration Camp. |
| | Francois | Mauriac | A French writer and Nobel Laureate. |
| | Jerome | Lindon | The legendary head of Editions de Munit. |
| | Eliezer | Wiesel | Narrator and Protagonist. Aka: Ellie. |
| | Koch | | The notorious sadistic monster of Buchenwald. |
| | Marion | Wiesel | Ellie's wife. |
| 1 | Moishe C. | Berkowitz | Jack of all trades. Aka: Moishe The Beadle. |
| | | | Shibtl - The Jews of Sighet. |
| 3 | Maimonides | | A Jewish philosopher. |
| | Hilda | Wiesel | Ellie's sister. |
| | Bea | Wiesel | Ellie's sister. |
| | Tzipora | Wiesel | Ellie's youngest sister. |
| 6 | Maika | | The young girl who lay dying for three years. |
| | Tobie | | The tailor who begged to die before his sons were killed. |
| | Adolf | Hitler | The leader of Nazi Group. |
| | Miklos | Horthy | The regent. |
| 11 | Ezra | Malik | Owner of the garden where Ellie studied
Talmudic treatise. |
| 13 | Batia | Reich | Ellie's relative who lives in their house. |
| 19 | Mendel | | Ellie's uncle. |
| | Maria | | Ellie's former maid. |
| 22 | Mrs. | Schachter | Ellie's co-prisoner. |
| | SS | Officer | The commanding officer in Birnekau. |
| 31 | Dr. Josef | Mengele | A physician in Birnekau. |
| | | | SS - German Schutzstaffel. |
| 34 | Bela | Katz | The son of the merchant in Ellie's town. |
| | Meir | Katz | Shlomo's friend. |
| | Yehiel | | The sigheter rebbe's brother. |
| 36 | Stern | | Ellie's co-prisoner. |
| 42 | Stein | | Ellie's relative that they met at Birnekau. |
| | Reizel | | Niece of Ellie's mother. |
| 44 | Akiba | Drummer | A singer at Buna. |
| 45 | | | Buna - The Monowitz Concentration Camp. Ellie's new camp. |
| 50 | Juliek | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. A musician. |
| | Louis | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. A musician. |
| | Hans | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. |
| | Franek | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. |
| | Yossi | | Ellie's groupmate at Buna. |
| | Tibi | | Ellie's groupmate at Buna. |
| 51 | Alphonse | | Ellie's leader. |
| 52 | Idek | | Ellie's Kapo at Buna. |
| 85 | Zalman | | A prisoner from Poland who was marching beside Ellie. |
| 89 | Rabbi | Eliahu | The head of a small congregation at Poland. Ellie's co-prisoner. |
| 101 | Shlomo | Weisler | Ellie's father. |
| 113 | Gustav | | The Blockalteste. |
