| Mr. | Albrecht | The groundskeeper. |
| Johannes | Auerbach | A sculptor. Inge's former husband. |
| Karl | Behrens | One of the members of the discussion group. |
| Dr. Rudolf | Behse | The defense attorney. |
| Elisabeth | Bergner | Otto's co-star. |
| Irena | Berkowitz | Liane's daughter. |
| Liane | Berkowitz | Sara's friend. |
| Sergei | Bessonov | Arvid's ARPLAN colleague. |
| Dietrich | Bonhoeffer | A Lutheran minister. Arvid's cousin. |
| Karl | Bonhoeffer | Dietrich's father. A neurologist and psychiatrist. |
| Cato | Bontjes Van Beek | The pottery artist. |
| Comrade | Boris | Martha's friend. |
| Bertolt | Brecht | A playwright. Adam's chief rival. |
| Neville | Chamberlain | Hitler's companion from Great Britain. |
| Winston | Churchill | Neville Chamberlain's successor. |
| Mutti | Clara | Arvid's mother. |
| John | Commons | The renowned economist. |
| Hans | Coppi | Adam's colleague. |
| Jon | Cutting | Adam's friend. A member of the British press crops. |
| Eduard | Daladier | Hitler's companion from France. |
| Rudolf | Diels | The young Gestapo chief. |
| Bob | Dodd | Martha's brother. |
| Marion | Dodd | Martha's sister. |
| Martha | Dodd | The ambassador's daughter. Martha's friend. |
| Mrs. | Dodd | Martha's mother. |
| Sigrid | Dodd | Martha's mother. |
| William | Dodd | Martha's father. President Roosevelt's ambassador. |
| Bill | Dodd Jr. | Martha's brother. |
| Carl Ludvig | Douglas | The count. Ottora's husband. |
| Ottora Maria | Douglas | The countess. Liberta's sister. |
| Foy | Draper | An athlete. |
| Norman | Ebbutt | The correspondent at London Times. |
| Herbert | Engelsing | The executive producer at Tobias Film company. |
| Alexander | Erdberg | The third secretary. |
| Phillip Zu | Eulenburg-Hertefeld | The prince. The grandfather of Harro's wife. |
| Louis | Ferdinand | The Prince of Prussia. |
| Helmut | Firsch | The antifascist who was sentenced to death. |
| Bob | Fish | Mildred's brother. |
| Hans | Fish | Mildred's brother. |
| Mildred | Fish-Harnack | Protagonist. A teacher, author, resistance fighter, and spy. |
| Daphne | French | Dr. Murphy's secretary. |
| Bell | Fromm | A German journalist. |
| Walther | Funk | The Reich minister of economics. |
| Wolfgang | Furstner | The director of Olympic Village. |
| David Lloyd | George | The former prime minister. |
| Heinrich | George | The director. |
| Joseph | Goebells | The Reich minister of propaganda. |
| George | Gordon | The embassy counselor. |
| Hermann | Goring | The reichstagg leader. |
| Adolf | Grimme | The former social democratic politician. |
| Adolfe | Grimme | Greta and Adam's marriage witness. |
| Mrs. | Gruen | The Weitz's housekeeper. |
| Herschel | Grynszpan | The boy who shot a diplomat. |
| Lord | Halifax | The foreign secretary. |
| Ernst | Hanfstaengl | The German foreign press chief. Aka: Putzi. |
| Annemarie | Hannemann | The student Sara stole her identity from. |
| Angela | Harnack | Arvid's sister. |
| Arvid | Harnack | Mildred's lover. |
| Falk | Harnack | Arvid's brother. |
| Inge | Harnack | Arvid's sister. |
| Hans | Hartenstein | Greta and Adam's marriage witness. |
| Gustav | Havemann | Inge's new husband. Wolfgang's father. |
| Wolfgang | Havemann | Arvid's step-nephew. |
| Donald | Heath | The new 1st secretary of the state. Louise's husband. |
| Louise | Heath | The chairwoman of the American Women's club. |
| Donald | Heath Jr. | Donald and Louise's son. |
| Franziska | Heberle | Greta's friend. |
| Rudolf | Heberle | Franziska's husband. Arvid's colleague. |
| Heinrich | Heine | A 19th-century poet. |
| Neville | Henderson | A British Ambassador. |
| Felix | Henrich | Greta's old schoolmate. |
| Julia | Henrich | Felix's wife. |
| Reinhard | Heydrich | The chief of Reich security. |
| Heinrich | Himmler | The SS-Reichsfuhrer. |
| President | Hindenburg | The current president. |
| Gerhard | Hinze | Otto's co-activist and actor. |
| Anna | Hirsch | The young wife who was assigned to Sara's apartment. |
| Elke | Hirsch | Anna's daughter. |
| Levi | Hirsch | Anna's husband. |
| Alexander | Hirschfield | Arvid's old friend. The ARPLAN adviser. |
| Adolf | Hitler | The Nazi leader. The chancellor. |
| Cordel | Hull | The secretary of the state. |
| Anfisa | Ivavnova | Nadia's daughter. |
| Leopold | Jessner | A renowned producer and director of
German expressionist. |
| Ernst | Kantorowicz | A bookshop owner. |
| Hellen | Keller | The famous blind and deaf American author. |
| Frau | Kellerman | Greta's landlord. |
| Dr. Else | Kienle | The guest speaker at the podium. |
| Jan | Kiepura | The polish singer. |
| Anna | Klug | Greta's companion. |
| Samson | Knoll | A student from the University of Berlin. |
| Dieter | Koch | Sarah's lover. An editor. |
| Frau | Koch | Dieter's father. |
| Emil | Kortmann | Mildred's student. |
| Adam | Kuckhoff | Jessner's head dramaturge. Greta's husband. |
| Ule | Kuckhoff | Greta and Adam's son. |
| Clara | Leiser | Greta's friend. |
| Clara | Leiser | Greta's friend. |
| Professor | Lenz | The co-founder of ARPLAN. |
| William Ellery | Leonard | Greta's friend. Mildred's mentor. |
| King | Leopold | The King of Belgium. |
| Ruth | Levinsohn | Greta's new landlady. |
| Greta | Lorke-Kuckhoff | Mildred's friend. Adam's wife. |
| General | Ludendorff | A German politician. One of Hitler's colleagues. |
| Douglas | MacArthur | The U.S. Army Chief of Staff. |
| Ivan | Maisky | The Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom. |
| Dr. | Mannheim | The political professor. Greta's employer. |
| Paul | Massing | Arvid's ARPLAN colleague. |
| Otto | Meissner | Konstantin Von Neurath. The Reich minister. |
| George | Messersmith | The U.S. consul. Mildred's friend. |
| Ralph | Metcalfe | An athlete. |
| Karl | Mienholz | A senior editor. |
| Leland | Morris | The highest ranking American diplomat. |
| Dr. | Murphy | Greta's new employer. |
| James | Murphy | A professional translator. Levinsohn's tenant. |
| Mary | Murphy | Dr. Murphy's wife. |
| Benito | Mussolini | Hitler's companion from Italy. |
| Hans | Otto | Marie's new husband. Adam's brother-in-law. |
| Jesse | Owens | An American Athlete. |
| Alfred | Panofsky | Natan's boss. A banker. |
| Hans | Panofsky | Alfred's children. |
| Ruth | Panofsky | Alfred's children. |
| Max | Perkins | Thomas Wolfe's editor. |
| Erwin | Piscator | One of the most skilled producers and directors. |
| Reverend | Poelchau | The reverend from jail. |
| Sophie | Poznanska | The Polish Cipherer. |
| Elmina | Rangabe | The Greek Minister's daughter. |
| Anna | Rath | The Aryan girl who has a Jew for a fiancé. |
| Friedrich | Rehme | Liane's fiancé. |
| Max | Reinhardt | The celebrated Jewish filmmaker. |
| Quentin | Reynolds | A journalist. |
| Manfred | Roeder | A prosecutor. |
| Captain | Rohm | Hermann Goring's officer. |
| President | Roosevelt | The U.S. president. |
| Carl | Sandburg | Martha's friend. |
| Frau | Schmidts | Mildred's neighbor. |
| Friedrich | Schonemann | One of Mildred's former professors. Mildred's workmate. |
| Libertas | Schulez-Boysen | Harro's wife. |
| Sigrid | Schultz | The Tribune's correspondent-in-chief for Central Europe. |
| Edgar | Schulze | Harro's father. |
| Harro | Schulze-Boysen | Franziska's cousin. |
| Kurt | Schumacher | The long-time member of Harro's resistance circle. |
| Dr. | Schwarz | The defense attorney. |
| John | Seig | Adam's friend. The former editor of the Rote Fahne. |
| Sophie | Sieg | John Seig's wife. |
| Albert | Speer | The Olympic Village architect. |
| Joseph | Stalin | The Premier of the Soviet Union. |
| Alfred | Stearn | Martha's fiancé. |
| Dr. | Stetcher | The student adviser. |
| Max | Tau | The German-Norwegian author and editor. |
| Paul | Thomas | Mildred's student. An army. |
| Hans | Thomsen | A liaison between chancellery and foreign ministry. |
| Von | Tirpitz | The renowned Grand Admiral. |
| Reverend | Turner | The reverend at American church. |
| Franz | Ulbricht | The new Staats theater. |
| Gertrud | Viehmeyer | Marie's sister. Adam's 2nd wife. |
| Marie | Viehmeyer | Adam's first wife. |
| Boris | Vinogradov | The 1st secretary of Soviet Embassy. |
| Ericka | Von Brockdorff | Adam and Greta's neighbor. |
| Saskia | Von Brockdorff | Erika's daughter. |
| Hans | Von Dohnanyi | Arvid's cousin. |
| Adolf | Von Harnack | Arvid's uncle. |
| Franz | Von Pappen | The chancellor. |
| Franzi | Von Pappen | The chancellor's son. Martha's friend. |
| Ernst | Von Rath | The German diplomat the Grynszpan shot. Deceased. |
| Joachim | Von Ribbentrop | The foreign minister. |
| Amalie | Von Riechmann | Sarah's sister. The baron's wife. |
| Leah | Von Riechmann | Amalie's daughter. |
| Sylvie | Von Riechmann | Amalie's daughter. |
| Wilhelm | Von Riechmann | Amalie's husband. The baron. |
| Baldur | Von Schirach | The leader of Hitler Youth. |
| Ernst | Wagner | The buyer of Weitz's house. |
| Oberin Anne | Weider | The matron. |
| Helene | Weigel | Brecht's wife. |
| Gunther | Weisenborn | A famous author. |
| Jakob | Weitz | The banker. Sara and Natan's father. |
| Natan | Weitz | Sarah's brother. |
| Sara | Weitz | Mildred's rich student. |
| Walt | Whitman | The American poet. |
| Thornton | Wilder | Martha's friend. |
| Hugh | Wilson | Mr. Dodd's successor. |
| Thomas | Wolfe | The American novelist. |
| Marta | Wolser-Husemann | A young communist actress. |
| Egmont | Zechlin | A history professor. Arvid's new friend. |
| Egmont | Zechlin | Arvid's long-time friend. |
| Andrei | | A Romanian communist. |
| Armin-Gerd | | Marie and Adam's son. |
| Claus | | Inge's son. |
| Gertrud | | Mildred's cellmate. |
| Harriette | | Mildred's sister. |
| Josef | | One of Greta's political friends. |
| Kent | | Adam and Arvid's ally. |
| Kerstin | | Greta's friend. |
| Nadia | | The businessman's wife. Greta and Mildred's old acquaintance. |
| Ribbentrop | | The foreign minister. |
| Rowohlt | | Arvid's publisher. |
| Ursula | | An actress. Mildred's friend. |
| Wulf | | Inge's son. |
