| Pro | Ludwig | Eisenberg | Protagonist. Aka: Lale, Ludwig Sokolov. |
| | Pepan | | Lale's friend. A Tattooist. |
| 1 | Aron | | Lale's co-prisoner. |
| | Max | Eisenberg | Lale's older brother. |
| | | | SS - Schutzstaffel. |
| | Rudolf | Hoess | The commander-in-charge in Auschwitz. |
| | Mr. | Sheinberg | Customer of Lale's father. |
| | Mrs. | Sheinberg | Mr. Sheinberg's wife. |
| 2 | Andor | | A Russian army who was caught by the Germans. |
| | Boris | | Andor's colleague. |
| | The | Kapo | Lale's leader. |
| | Houstek | | The SS officer. Lale's boss. |
| 3 | Leon | | The first man Lale tattooed. Lale's assistant. |
| | Baretski | | Lale's guard. |
| 5 | Gita | Furman | Lale's girlfriend. Aka: Gita Sokolov. |
| | Dana | | Gita's friend. |
| | Ivana | | Gita's friend. |
| 6 | Victor | | The man who lives in the nearby concentration camp. |
| | Yuri | | Victor's son. |
| 7 | Cilka | | Gita's new colleague. |
| | Jakub | | One of the men Lale tattooed. |
| 9 | Bella | | The administration receptionist. |
| | Lagerfuhrer | Schwarzhuber | The senior commandant of Birnekau. |
| 10 | Nadya | | The old lady Lale met. A camp prisoner. |
| 11 | Josef | Mengele | The Nazi physician. |
| 12 | Big | Joel | A football player. |
| | Little | Joel | A football player. |
| 13 | Hilda | Goldstein | Gita's neighbor. |
| 16 | Mendel | Bauer | The boy Lale tried to save. |
| 18 | | | SNP - Slovakia National Party. |
| 19 | Goldie | Eisenberg | Lale's sister. |
| 25 | Doddo | Furman | Gita's brother. |
| | Latslo | Furman | Gita's brother. |
| 26 | Joseph | | Lale's colleague in Austria Camp. |
| 27 | Friedrich | | Lale's guard in Austria Camp. |
| | Serena | | The girl who likes Lale. |
| | Mrs. | Molnar | Where Lale's sibling lived. |
| Epi | Josephine | Baker | The black singer. |
| | Gary | Sokolov | Lale and Gita's son. |
