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