| Ruth |
Abrams | Curator in the archives at Yad Vashem |
| Arif |
al-Zahani | Terrorist in Israel |
| Chaya |
Aronovich | Lena's new friend |
| Ingrid |
Bergman | Swedish actress |
| Muriel |
Bernstein | Student nurse |
| Al |
Capone | American gangster |
| Marc |
Chagall | Russian and French artist |
| William |
Churchill | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Susan |
Cooper | Mr. Shirley's associate |
| Kayla |
Cummings | Liam's friend |
| Mrs. |
Czeskowicz | A widow who became Germanized |
| Dwight D. |
Eisenhower | 34th U.S. President |
| Dr. |
Epstein | Catherine's physician |
| Major |
Fahlstein | Lena's new boss |
| Louis |
Feinberg | Man who betrayed Lena's father |
| Eva |
Fishman | Lena's old friend |
| Errol |
Flynn | Australian-American author |
| Thomas |
Forrester | Field investigator for the Illinois Department of Aging |
| Ethel |
Goodman | Yossi's acquaintance |
| Hermann |
Goring | German Nazi politician |
| Leah |
Gruenberg | Woman who died after abortion |
| Reinhard |
Heydrich | High-ranking German SS and police official |
| Heinrich |
Himmler | Architect of the Holocaust |
| Adolf |
Hitler | Austrian-born German politician; dictator of Germany |
| Werner |
Hoffmann | Frau Strauss's acquaintance |
| Thomas |
Jefferson | 3rd U.S. President |
| Walter |
Jenkins | Lawyer |
| Mayer |
Kapinski | Yossi's acquaintance |
| Victor |
Kelsen | Man who sued Walter Jenkins |
| Mrs. |
Klein | Worker at the garment factory |
| Aniela |
Lersky | Publisher of a French fashion magazine, one of the twins. Aka: Rachel |
| Catherine |
Lockhart-Taggart | A lawyer. Aka: Cat |
| Sister |
Maria | In charge at the orphanage |
| Oberst |
Muller | German officer |
| Edward R. |
Murrow | American broadcast journalist and war correspondent |
| Benito |
Mussolini | Italian politician and journalist |
| Mariusz |
Neuman | Karolina's father |
| Friedrich |
Olbricht | German general |
| Mr. |
Olenski | Store owner |
| Mrs. |
Olenski | Mr. Olenski's wife |
| Mr. |
Osteen | Math teacher |
| George S. |
Patton | General in the U.S. Army |
| Willard G. |
Peterson | Probate judge |
| Otto |
Piatek | A former Nazi SS officer |
| Witold |
Pilecki | Polish intelligence officer |
| Joseph |
Pulitzer | Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher |
| Hauptmann |
Richter | Nazi officer |
| Franklin D. |
Roosevelt | 32nd U.S. President |
| Mr. |
Rossbaum | Lena's acquaintance |
| Rico |
Scarpini | Arthur Woodward's personal assistant |
| Hannah |
Scheinman | Lena's mother |
| Jacob |
Scheinman | Lena's father |
| Lena |
Scheinman Woodward | A widow who came to the US from Poland after WWII |
| Siegfried |
Schultz | Karolina's lover |
| Helga |
Schultz | Siegfried's mother |
| Michael |
Shirley | Arthur's attorney. Aka: Mike |
| Adele |
Silver | A close friend of Lena Woodward |
| Ben |
Solomon | A retired Polish immigrant; Lena's close friend |
| Jack |
Sommers | Walter's acquaintance |
| Sophie |
Sommers | Liam's acquaintance |
| Sofia |
Stachiewicz | Pediatrician, one of the twins. Aka: Leah |
| Joseph |
Stalin | Revolutionary and former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union |
| Claus von |
Stauffenberg | German army officer |
| Sarah |
Sternberg | Lena's acquaintance |
| Frau |
Strauss | Helga's friend |
| Dr. |
Sullivan | Doctor to testify that Lena suffered from obsessive delusions |
| Liam |
Taggart | A private detective |
| Willie |
Tarnowski | Farmer; Mr. Scheinman's acquaintance |
| Mrs. |
Tarnowski | Strong farmer's wife |
| Dr. |
Watkins | Lena's primary-care physician |
| Simon |
Wiesenthal | Austrian Holocaust survivor |
| Frank |
Wolczinski | Lena's former classmate |
| Ena |
Wolczyk | Woman who found the babies |
| Arthur |
Woodward | Lena's son |
| Agnesa |
| Interpreter hired by Liam |
| Alicja |
| Bakery shop owner |
| Ares |
| Austro-Hungarian soldier in WWI |
| David |
| General manager at the garment factory |
| Dusan |
| Lena's acquaintance |
| Else |
| Colonel Muller's wife |
| Ephraim |
| Yossi's son |
| Freda |
| Lena's friend |
| Gladys |
| Catherine's secretary |
| Ilsa |
| Worker at the garment factory |
| Jan |
| David's acquaintance |
| Josef |
| German soldier |
| Karolina |
| Lena's best friend |
| Leah |
| Rachel's twin sister |
| Madeleine |
| Karolina's dog |
| Magda |
| Milosz's live-in nanny |
| Marcja |
| Lena's new acquaintance |
| Marek |
| Jailer |
| Milosz |
| Lena's brother |
| Pelleas |
| Arthurian Knight of the Round Table |
| Rachel |
| One of Karolina's daughters |
| Ribka |
| Yossi's wife |
| Rolf |
| Man who bullied Lena |
| Samuel |
| Lena's uncle |
| Yossi |
| Old man who offered Lena shelter |
| Yuri |
| Russian soldier |
