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