| Camille | Corot | A French painter. |
| Ernst Josef | Frei | Max Thomas' fake name. |
| Frau | Gebsen | Walmar's secretary. |
| Bernard | Goddard | Brigitte's brother. |
| Brigitte | Goddard | Tammy's friend |
| Gerard | Goddard | Brigitte's father. |
| Giselle | Goddard | Brigitte's mother. |
| Baroness von | Gotthard | Walmar's mother. |
| Kassandra von | Gotthard | A married German socialite. |
| Walmar von | Gotthard | A wealthy Berlin banker. |
| Rebecca | Green | Samuel Liebman's secretary. |
| | Hedwig | A nurse. |
| Rudolf | Hess | A prisoner. |
| Lieutenant | Hildebrand | One of a Nazi officers. |
| Paul von | Hindenburg | Became President of Germany from 1925 until his death. |
| Adolf | Hitler | Austrian-born German politician, dictator of Germany. |
| Stanley | Kaplan | Ariana's doctor. |
| Werner von | Klaub | A young German officer. |
| Frau | Klemmer | A housekeeper. |
| Marjorie | Liebman | Tamara's mother. |
| Ruth | Liebman | Head of the volunteers of the NY Women Relief Organization. |
| Samuel Julius | Liebman | Ruth's husband. aka: Sam. |
| Tamara | Liebman | Noel's girlfriend. aka: Tammy. |
| Herr | Muller | Walmar's acquaintance. |
| Pablo | Picasso | Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and theatre designer. |
| Jean | Pierre | Manfred's friend. |
| Jean | Renoir | French film director and screenwriter. |
| Dietrich von | Rheinhardt | One of a Nazi officers. |
| General | Ritter | One of a Nazi officers. |
| William | Shakespeare | An English poet, playwright, and actor. |
| Dolff | Sterne | A Jewish writer. |
| Maximilian | Thomas | Walmar's friend. aka: Max. |
| Nancy | Townsend | A ship nurse. |
| Manfred von | Tripp | One of a Nazi officers. |
| Baroness von | Vorlach | Kassandra's acquaintance. |
| Ariana | | Kassandra's daughter. |
| Berthold | | A butler. |
| Bruno | | Gerhard's stuffed dog. |
| Deborah | | One of Ruth's daughters. aka: Debb. |
| Gerhard | | Kassandra's son. |
| Helmut | | A political non-fiction writer. |
| Henderson | | A young man who saved Ariana from the Frenchman. |
| Hoffmann | | Walmar's acquaintance. |
| Ilse | | Manfred's mother. |
| Joan | | Paul's girlfriend. |
| Johann | | Mansfred's friend. |
| Julia | | One of Ruth's daughters. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | | The last German Emperor and King of Prussia. |
| Lisette | | Jean Pierre's maid. |
| Louis XV | | King of France from 1715 to 1774. |
| Marianna | | Manfred's wife. |
| Mary | | Ariana's acquaintance. |
| Noel | | Ariana's son. |
| Paul | | One of Ruth's sons. |
| Rembrandt | | Dutch painter and printmaker. |
| Rothmann | | A furrier. |
| Sarah | | Max's wife. |
| Simon | | One of Ruth's sons. |
| Tatianna | | One of Manfred's children. |
| Theodore | | One of Manfred's children. |
