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Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Kristian Fabricante
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
ProMildredFish-HarnackProtagonist. A teacher, author, resistance fighter, and spy.
 AdolfHitlerThe Nazi leader. The chancellor.
 ArvidHarnackMildred's lover.
 GretaLorke-KuckhoffMildred's friend. Adam's wife.
 SaraWeitzMildred's rich student.
 MarthaDoddThe ambassador's daughter. Martha's friend.
   Part 1
1JohnCommonsThe renowned economist.
 WaltWhitmanThe American poet.
 BobFishMildred's brother.
   The Friday Nighters - Professor Collins's renowned group.
 FalkHarnackArvid's brother.
 IngeHarnackArvid's sister.
 AngelaHarnackArvid's sister.
 Wulf Inge's son.
 Claus Inge's son.
 DietrichBonhoefferA Lutheran minister. Arvid's cousin.
 MuttiClaraArvid's mother.
2HansFishMildred's brother.
 Ursula An actress. Mildred's friend.
 LeopoldJessnerA renowned producer and director of German expressionist.
 AdamKuckhoffJessner's head dramaturge. Greta's husband.
 HansOttoMarie's new husband. Adam's brother-in-law.
 FrauKellermanGreta's landlord.
3NatanWeitzSarah's brother.
 AmalieVon RiechmannSarah's sister. The baron's wife.
 WilhelmVon RiechmannAmalie's husband. The baron.
 DieterKochSarah's lover. An editor.
 SylvieVon RiechmannAmalie's daughter.
 LeahVon RiechmannAmalie's daughter.
 Mrs.GruenThe Weitz's housekeeper.
 FranzVon PappenThe chancellor.
4JohannesAuerbachA sculptor. Inge's former husband.
 EgmontZechlinA history professor. Arvid's new friend.
 Dr. ElseKienleThe guest speaker at the podium.
5MarieViehmeyerAdam's first wife.
 GertrudViehmeyerMarie's sister. Adam's 2nd wife.
 ErwinPiscatorOne of the most skilled producers and directors.
 BertoltBrechtA playwright. Adam's chief rival.
 HeleneWeigelBrecht's wife.
 Kerstin Greta's friend.
 FelixHenrichGreta's old schoolmate.
6FrauSchmidtsMildred's neighbor.
 FriedrichSchonemannOne of Mildred's former professors. Mildred's workmate.
 PaulThomasMildred's student. An army.
 GuntherWeisenbornA famous author.
7PresidentHindenburgThe current president.
8JuliaHenrichFelix's wife.
 Dr. MannheimThe political professor. Greta's employer.
 Josef One of Greta's political friends.
9WolfgangHavemannArvid's step-nephew.
 GustavHavemannInge's new husband. Wolfgang's father.
 KarlBehrensOne of the members of the discussion group.
10GeneralLudendorffA German politician. One of Hitler's colleagues.
11KarlBonhoefferDietrich's father. A neurologist and psychiatrist.
 Rowohlt Arvid's publisher.
 ReverendTurnerThe reverend at American church.
 PaulMassingArvid's ARPLAN colleague.
 ProfessorLenzThe co-founder of ARPLAN.
   Part 2
12MaxReinhardtThe celebrated Jewish filmmaker.
 AnnaKlugGreta's companion.
 FranzUlbrichtThe new Staats theater.
 Armin-Gerd Marie and Adam's son.
13ErnstKantorowiczA bookshop owner.
 AlfredPanofskyNatan's boss. A banker.
14SamsonKnollA student from the University of Berlin.
 GeorgeMessersmithThe U.S. consul. Mildred's friend.
 GeorgeGordonThe embassy counselor.
 Dr.StetcherThe student adviser.
 JosephGoebellsThe Reich minister of propaganda.
 HeinrichHeineA 19th-century poet.
15HellenKellerThe famous blind and deaf American author.
 ElisabethBergnerOtto's co-star.
 William ElleryLeonardGreta's friend. Mildred's mentor.
 ClaraLeiserGreta's friend.
 FranziskaHeberleGreta's friend.
16FrauKochDieter's father.
17CarlSandburgMartha's friend.
 ThorntonWilderMartha's friend.
 BillDodd Jr.Martha's brother.
 WilliamDoddMartha's father. President Roosevelt's ambassador.
 SigridSchultzThe Tribune's correspondent-in-chief for Central Europe.
 SigridDoddMartha's mother.
18JosephStalinThe Premier of the Soviet Union.
19LouisFerdinandThe Prince of Prussia.
 ErnstHanfstaenglThe German foreign press chief. Aka: Putzi.
 BorisVinogradovThe 1st secretary of Soviet Embassy.
 RudolfDielsThe young Gestapo chief.
 QuentinReynoldsA journalist.
 AnnaRathThe Aryan girl who has a Jew for a fiancé.
20HansPanofskyAlfred's children.
 RuthPanofskyAlfred's children.
 NormanEbbuttThe correspondent at London Times.
 HansThomsenA liaison between chancellery and foreign ministry.
 ElminaRangabeThe Greek Minister's daughter.
21JanKiepuraThe polish singer.
22CaptainRohmHermann Goring's officer.
 HermannGoringThe Reichstag leader.
24Mrs.DoddMartha's mother.
 ComradeBorisMartha's friend.
 Franzi Von PappenThe chancellor's son. Martha's friend.
   Part Three
25GerhardHinzeOtto's co-activist and actor.
26KarlMienholzA senior editor.
27DouglasMacArthurThe U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
28RudolfHeberleFranziska's husband. Arvid's colleague.
 HarroSchulze-BoysenFranziska's cousin.
 VonTirpitzThe renowned Grand Admiral.
 EdgarSchulzeHarro's father.
 Phillip ZuEulenburg-HertefeldThe prince. The grandfather of Harro's wife.
30ThomasWolfeThe American novelist.
 MaxTauThe German-Norwegian author and editor.
 JohnSeigAdam's friend. The former editor of the Rote Fahne.
 BellFrommA German journalist.
31MaxPerkinsThomas Wolfe's editor.
 AlexanderHirschfieldArvid's old friend. The ARPLAN adviser.
32AdolfGrimmeThe former social democratic politician.
 ClaraLeiserGreta's friend.
34EmilKortmannMildred's student.
 HeinrichHimmlerThe SS-Reichsfuhrer.
35WolfgangFurstnerThe director of Olympic Village.
 BaldurVon SchirachThe leader of Hitler Youth.
 JesseOwensAn American Athlete.
 AlbertSpeerThe Olympic Village architect.
 RalphMetcalfeAn athlete.
 FoyDraperAn athlete.
36RuthLevinsohnGreta's new landlady.
 JamesMurphyA professional translator. Levinsohn's tenant.
 SophieSiegJohn Seig's wife.
 IvanMaiskyThe Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom.
 David LloydGeorgeThe former prime minister.
 Dr.MurphyGreta's new employer.
 MaryMurphyDr. Murphy's wife.
 DaphneFrenchDr. Murphy's secretary.
37Mr.AlbrechtThe groundskeeper.
38HansHartensteinGreta and Adam's marriage witness.
 AdolfeGrimmeGreta and Adam's marriage witness.
39CordelHullThe secretary of the state.
 HelmutFirschThe antifascist who was sentenced to death.
 OttoMeissnerKonstantin Von Neurath. The Reich minister.
 PresidentRooseveltThe U.S. president.
40UleKuckhoffGreta and Adam's son.
 HughWilsonMr. Dodd's successor.
 SergeiBessonovArvid's ARPLAN colleague.
 LouiseHeathThe chairwoman of the American Women's club.
 DonaldHeathThe new 1st secretary of the state. Louise's husband.
 DonaldHeath Jr.Donald and Louise's son.
 AlfredStearnMartha's fiancé.
41HansVon DohnanyiArvid's cousin.
 NevilleChamberlainHitler's companion from Great Britain.
 BenitoMussoliniHitler's companion from Italy.
 EduardDaladierHitler's companion from France.
42HerschelGrynszpanThe boy who shot a diplomat.
 ErnstVon RathThe German diplomat the Grynszpan shot. Deceased.
 ErickaVon BrockdorffAdam and Greta's neighbor.
 HeinrichGeorgeThe director.
 WaltherFunkThe Reich minister of economics.
43ErnstWagnerThe buyer of Weitz's house.
 JakobWeitzThe banker. Sara and Natan's father.
44MarionDoddMartha's sister.
 BobDoddMartha's brother.
 Harriette Mildred's sister.
45JonCuttingAdam's friend. A member of the British press crops.
 SaskiaVon BrockdorffErika's daughter.
46NevilleHendersonA British Ambassador.
48KingLeopoldThe King of Belgium.
 HerbertEngelsingThe executive producer at Tobias Film company.
 LibertasSchulez-BoysenHarro's wife.
49WinstonChurchillNeville Chamberlain's successor.
 LordHalifaxThe foreign secretary.
 AlexanderErdbergThe third secretary.
50AnnemarieHannemannThe student Sara stole her identity from.
51KurtSchumacherThe long-time member of Harro's resistance circle.
 HansCoppiAdam's colleague.
52EgmontZechlinArvid's long-time friend.
 Nadia The businessman's wife. Greta and Mildred's old acquaintance.
 AnfisaIvavnovaNadia's daughter.
 Ribbentrop The foreign minister.
53ReinhardHeydrichThe chief of Reich security.
 AnnaHirschThe young wife who was assigned to Sara's apartment.
 ElkeHirschAnna's daughter.
 LeviHirschAnna's husband.
54Kent Adam and Arvid's ally.
55LelandMorrisThe highest ranking American diplomat.
 JoachimVon RibbentropThe foreign minister.
 AdolfVon HarnackArvid's uncle.
56Andrei A Romanian communist.
 LianeBerkowitzSara's friend.
57  Konzentrationslager Posen - The 1st concentration camp in Poland.
   Part 4
58Ottora MariaDouglasThe countess. Liberta's sister.
 Carl LudvigDouglasThe count. Ottora's husband.
 MartaWolser-HusemannA young communist actress.
59Oberin AnneWeiderThe matron.
 ManfredRoederA prosecutor.
 Dr. SchwarzThe defense attorney.
 Dr. RudolfBehseThe defense attorney.
 SophiePoznanskaThe Polish Cipherer.
 Gertrud Mildred's cellmate.
60CatoBontjes Van BeekThe pottery artist.
 FriedrichRehmeLiane's fiancé.
61ReverendPoelchauThe reverend from jail.
62IrenaBerkowitzLiane's daughter.
Resistance Women suggested by Pat Cook
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