Piotr | Aikhenbaum | A journalist. |
Maria | Aszerowna | The journalist. |
Rachela | Auerbach | One of Zabinski's friends. |
Friedrich | B. Marby | An occultist and anti-nazi. |
Yaron | Becker | A reporter. |
Adolf | Berman | A Zionist party member. |
Henry | Beston | The author of the outermost house. |
Gay | Block | A photographer. |
Father | Boduen | The priest who helped the Kenigswein. |
Sylwester | Braun | A Field reporter. Aka: Kris. |
Ewa | Brzuska | The owner of a tiny grocery. Aka: Babcia. |
Janina | Buchholtz | A psychologist. Jan's friend. |
Mrs. | Caderska | The owner of the lampshade store. |
Julius | Caesar | The former Roman Dictator. |
Joseph | Cornwell | The surrealist artist. |
Feliks | Cywinski | Commanded a brigade of soldiers that included Samuel. |
Felix | Cywnski | The former career officer. |
Norman | Davies | The British-Polish historian. |
Avram | Davis | The Hassidic teacher. |
Mrs. | Dewitzowa | Jan's former workmate. |
Halina | Dobrowolska | The Home Army messenger. |
Aniela | Dobrucka | Janina's friend. |
Malka | Drucker | An American Rabbi. |
Isaac Judah | Eberst | The cantor. |
Thomas | Eisner | The man who discovered the secret chem. lab. |
Adam | Englert | Jan's friend. |
Wanda | Englert | Adam's friend. |
Antoni | Erdman | Antonina's father. A Polish railroad engineer. |
Jacek | Fedorowicz | A Polish satirist. |
Eugene | Fisher | The founder of the Institute of Anthropology. Heck's colleague. |
Ludwig | Fisher | Warsaw's German Governor. |
Howard | Florey | A scientist. |
Maurycy P. | Fraenkel | A musician. Aka: Pawel. |
Governor | Frank | The German governor. |
Hans | Frank | Hitler's lawyer. |
Casimir | Funk | The Polish biochemist. |
Joseph | Goebbels | The Nazi propaganda minister. |
Henryk | Goldzmit | A pediatrician. Aka: Janus Korzcak, Pan Doctor. |
Hermann | Goring | The Nazi Reich marshal. |
Andrzej | Grabski | The son of the Polish ex-Prime Mnister. |
Walter | Gropius | The architectural leader. |
Magdalena | Gross | A sculptor. |
Magdalena | Gross | Antonina's sculptor friend. |
Marysia | Gutowski | Jan's cousin. |
Nikolaj | Gutowski | Jan's cousin. |
Maurycy | H. Gruzinski | Owner of a refugee shelter. |
Norman | Heatley | A scientist. |
Heinz | Heck | Director of Munich Zoo. Lutz's son. |
Ludwig | Heck | Lutz's father. Director of Berlin Zoo. |
Lutz | Heck | Zabinski's acquaintance from International Association of Zoo Directors. |
Sven | Hedin | The Nazi apologist. |
Werner | Heisenberg | The physicist. |
Abraham J. | Heschel | The writer of Hasidic mysticism. |
Heinrich | Himmler | The reichsfuhrer of the schutzstaffel. |
Adolf | Hitler | The leader of the Nazi Party. |
Emilia | Hizowa | The architect. |
Emilia | Hizowa | The inventor of Zegota's push-button sliding walls. |
Eva | Hoffman | A Polish émigré. |
Jacques | Hoffman | The 7th child of Isaac. |
Orna | Jagur | One of Jan's bunker mates. |
Zofia | Jossak | The woman who founded Zegota. Aka: Weronika. |
Wanda | K. Filipowicz | Zofia's co-founder. |
Alicja | Kacynzska | Author of Anne Frank. |
King | Kazimierz IV | The Polish King. |
Miecio | Kenigswein | Regina and Samuel's son. |
Regina | Kenigswein | The new sable in Zabinski's house. |
Samuel | Kenigswein | Regina's husband. |
Stas | Kenigswein | Regina and Samuel's son. |
Stefcio | Kenigswein | Regina and Samuel's son. |
Jack | Klajman | The tough Ghetto child who survived the war. |
Jedrek | Kokot | Mrs. Kokot's son. |
Mrs. | Kokot | The local teacher. |
Zbyszek | Kokot | Mrs. Kokot's son. |
Kazio | Kramsztyk | Roman's cousin. |
Ludwinia | Kramsztyk | Roman's cousin. |
Roman | Kramsztyk | A renowned painter. |
Julian | Kulski | Warsaw's Polish Vice President. |
Marceli | L. Lebkowski | A well-known lawyer and activist. |
Felix | Landau | A gestapo officer. |
Ewa | Lebkowski | Marceli's daughter. |
Danglu | Leist | The German President of Warsaw. |
Dr. | Lopatynski | The zoo vet. |
Konrad | Lorenz | A nobel scientist. |
Vyascheslav | M. Molotov | The foreign minister. |
Fox | Man | Jan's assistant. |
Michael | Mazor | A ghetto survivor. |
Director | Muller | The director of the Konigsberg Zoo. |
Dr. | Muller | A fellow member of the International Association of Zoo Directors. |
Irena | Nawrocka | Halina's first cousin. |
Francis | Of Assisi | Patron Saint of Animals. |
Zygmunt | Pietak | Samuel's catholic friend. |
Nikolai | Przywalski | A Russian explorer. |
Didier | Raoult | A French biologist. |
Herman | Reichenbach | The man who reviewed Piotr and Jean's book. |
Dr. | Rembiszewski | Doctor. Planted an electric fence used to jolt deers from crops. |
Maciej | Rembiszewski | The current Director of Warsaw Zoo. |
Emanuel | Ringelblum | Jan's bunker mate. |
Emanuel | Ringelblum | The historian who wrote a book while hiding in a Warsaw Bunker. |
Judit | Ringelblum | Emanuel's wife. |
General | Rommel | The commander of Warsaw's soldiers. |
Szapse | Rotholc | Samuel's friend. |
Mr. | Sable | Regina's father. |
Ernst | Schafer | The naturalist. |
Arthur | Schopenhauer | A Gdansk-born philosopher. |
Bruno | Schulz | Magdalena's friend. A painter and prose writer. |
Irena | Sendler | A Polish social worker. |
Wladyslaw | Smolski | A Polish author and member of Zegota. |
King Jan | Sobieski III | The King who loves to keep exotic animals. |
Mayor | Starzynski | The Polish mayor. |
Jurgen | Stroop | Commander of an SS Brigade. |
Eugienia | Sylkes | Zabinski's friend. Aka: Genia. |
Barbara | T. Berman | Janina's colleague and friend. Aka: Basia. |
Dr. Syzmon | Tenenbaum | A famous entomologist. |
Irena | Tenenbaum | Syzmon and Lonia's daughter. |
Lonia | Tenenbaum | Syzmon's wife. A dentist. |
Adolf | The Kidnapper | The ringleader of the rhesus monkeys. |
Jerzyk | Topo | The son of the carpenter. |
Mrs. | Topo | Jerzyk's mother. |
Dr. Andrzej | Trojanowski | A Polish surgeon. |
Deborah | Vogel | The Yiddish poet. |
Karl | Von Frisch | The biologist. |
American | W. Beebe | An American Ornithologist. |
Dr. Mada | Walter | The woman who opened the Institute De Beaute. |
Henry | Wolinski | A member in the Polish Bar Association. |
Professor | Z | The professor at Pucek of the Bialowieza Nature Preserve. |
Antonina | Zabinski | The Zookeeper's wife. Protagonist. |
Jan | Zabinski | The Zookeeper. Antonina's husband. |
Ryszard | Zabinski | Antonina and Jan's eldest son. |
Teresa | Zabinski | Antonina and Jan's daughter. |
Mr. | Ziegler | Director of the Warsaw Ghetto's labor bureau. |
A. Harris | | The unofficial song of Warsaw. |
Adam | | The large elk. |
Balbina | | Fox Man's female cat. |
Borsunio | | The baby badger. |
Dzius | | A member of Youth Sabotage Group. |
Franciszka | | The sister-in-law of Jan's friend. |
Frankenstein | | The German's major child. |
Jas | | The male elephant. Tuzinka's father. |
Kasia | | The elephant at Warsaw Zoo. Tuzinka's mother. |
Kuba | | The chick. |
Marek | | Rys' friend. |
Marek | | A member of Youth Sabotage Group. |
Martha | | The oldest female rhesus monkey. |
Mary | | The African hunting dog. |
Morys | | Jan's piglet. |
Nelly | | Adolf's favorite mate. |
Nunia | | Marceli's daughter. |
Pietrasia | | Jan and Antonina's housekeeper. |
Piotr | | Maurycy's hamster. |
Rose | | The giraffe. |
Sahib | | The petting-zoo colt. |
Szczurcio | | The baby muskrat. |
Tofi | | Antonina's lynx kittens. |
Tufa | | Antonina's lynx kittens. |
Tuzinka | | Kasia's baby elephant. |
Wicek | | The rabbit. |
Zarka | | Tenenbaum's dachshund. |
Zbyszek | | Rys' friend. The Gestapo's most wanted. |
Zegota | | A cryptonym from the council to aid the Jews. |
Zi | | Henry's imaginary astronomer friend. |
Zoska | | Antonina's St. Bernard. |