| Frau | Abt | One of Anton's acquaintances. |
| Ion | Antonescu | Former Prime Minister of Romania. |
| László | Baky | The leading member of the Hungarian Nazi movement. |
| Frau | Becker | Anton's acquaintance. |
| Napoleon | Bonaparte | A French statesman and military leader. |
| Frau | Bösch | One of Anton's acquaintances. Aka: Frau Brotmacher. |
| Cab | Calloway | An American singer. |
| Herr | Derichs | Father Emil's acquaintance. |
| Marlene | Dietrich | A German-American actress and singer. |
| Herr | Egger | One of Elisabeth's friends. |
| Dwight D. | Eisenhower | 34th U.S. President |
| Duke | Ellington | An American composer. |
| Rillie | Enns | One of Anton's acquaintances. |
| Janz | Essert | One of Bruno Franke's friends. |
| Bruno | Franke | Anton's new landlord. Aka: Bruno Möbelbauer. |
| Frau | Franke | Bruno Franke's wife. |
| Frau | Frost | One of Anton's acquaintances. |
| Herr | Frost | One of Anton's acquaintances |
| | Geißler | One of an Egerlanders. |
| Frau | Gerhard | One of Elisabeth's friends. |
| Rudolf von | Gersdorff | An officer in the German Army. |
| Gotthard | Heinrici | Considered as the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. |
| Elisabeth | Herter | Anton's acquaintance. |
| Paul | Herter | Elisabeth's first husband. |
| Frau | Hertz | Elisabeth's landlady. |
| Heinrich | Himmler | One of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. |
| Paul von | Hindenburg | A German general and statesman. |
| Adolf | Hitler | A German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Frau | Hornik. | Millie and Elsie's mother. |
| Martin Luther | King, Jr. | An African American minister and activist. |
| Bruder | Matthias | Anton's acquaintance. |
| Frau | Müller | One of Anton's acquaintances. |
| Benito | Mussolini | Former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| Detlef | Pohl | Anton's acquaintance. |
| Frau | Schneider | One of Anton's acquaintances. |
| Frau | Sommer | Elisabeth's acquaintance. |
| Josef Anton | Starzmann | An former friar. aka: Bruder Nazarius. |
| Hofer | Voigt | One of Bruno Franke's friends. |
| | von Galen | A bishop. |
| Richard | Wagner | A German composer. |
| Christine | Weber | A teacher. |
| Frau | Werner | Al's acquaintance. |
| Albert | | One of Elisabeth's children. Aka: Al. |
| Anita | | Anton's sister. Aka: Sister Bernadette. |
| Charlemagne | | Former King of the Franks. |
| Claudia | | Elisabeth's acquaintance. |
| Denis | | One of the teenage musicians. |
| Elsie | | Millie's twin sister. |
| Erik | | One of the teenage musicians. |
| Eugin | | Anton's acquaintance. |
| Maria | | One of Elisabeth's children. |
| Millie | | One of the refugee children. |
| Paul Jr. | | One of Elisabeth's children. |
| Vater Emil | | A priest. |
| Widukind | | The leader of the Saxons. |
| Wilhelm II | | Former German Emperor. |
