THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
Characters - Alphabetical
 
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FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
PiotrAikhenbaumA journalist.
MariaAszerownaThe journalist.
RachelaAuerbachOne of Zabinski's friends.
Friedrich B. MarbyAn occultist and anti-nazi.
YaronBeckerA reporter.
AdolfBermanA Zionist party member.
HenryBestonThe author of the outermost house.
GayBlockA photographer.
FatherBoduenThe priest who helped the Kenigswein.
SylwesterBraunA Field reporter. Aka: Kris.
EwaBrzuskaThe owner of a tiny grocery. Aka: Babcia.
JaninaBuchholtzA psychologist. Jan's friend.
Mrs.CaderskaThe owner of the lampshade store.
JuliusCaesarThe former Roman Dictator.
JosephCornwellThe surrealist artist.
FeliksCywinskiCommanded a brigade of soldiers that included Samuel.
FelixCywnskiThe former career officer.
NormanDaviesThe British-Polish historian.
AvramDavisThe Hassidic teacher.
Mrs.DewitzowaJan's former workmate.
HalinaDobrowolskaThe Home Army messenger.
AnielaDobruckaJanina's friend.
MalkaDruckerAn American Rabbi.
Isaac JudahEberstThe cantor.
ThomasEisnerThe man who discovered the secret chem. lab.
AdamEnglertJan's friend.
WandaEnglertAdam's friend.
AntoniErdmanAntonina's father. A Polish railroad engineer.
JacekFedorowiczA Polish satirist.
EugeneFisherThe founder of the Institute of Anthropology. Heck's colleague.
LudwigFisherWarsaw's German Governor.
HowardFloreyA scientist.
Maurycy P.FraenkelA musician. Aka: Pawel.
GovernorFrankThe German governor.
HansFrankHitler's lawyer.
CasimirFunkThe Polish biochemist.
JosephGoebbelsThe Nazi propaganda minister.
HenrykGoldzmitA pediatrician. Aka: Janus Korzcak, Pan Doctor.
HermannGoringThe Nazi Reich marshal.
AndrzejGrabskiThe son of the Polish ex-Prime Mnister.
WalterGropiusThe architectural leader.
MagdalenaGrossA sculptor.
MagdalenaGrossAntonina's sculptor friend.
MarysiaGutowskiJan's cousin.
NikolajGutowskiJan's cousin.
MaurycyH. GruzinskiOwner of a refugee shelter.
NormanHeatleyA scientist.
HeinzHeckDirector of Munich Zoo. Lutz's son.
LudwigHeckLutz's father. Director of Berlin Zoo.
LutzHeckZabinski's acquaintance from International Association of Zoo Directors.
SvenHedinThe Nazi apologist.
WernerHeisenbergThe physicist.
Abraham J.HeschelThe writer of Hasidic mysticism.
HeinrichHimmlerThe reichsfuhrer of the schutzstaffel.
AdolfHitlerThe leader of the Nazi Party.
EmiliaHizowaThe architect.
EmiliaHizowaThe inventor of Zegota's push-button sliding walls.
EvaHoffmanA Polish émigré.
JacquesHoffmanThe 7th child of Isaac.
OrnaJagurOne of Jan's bunker mates.
ZofiaJossakThe woman who founded Zegota. Aka: Weronika.
WandaK. FilipowiczZofia's co-founder.
AlicjaKacynzskaAuthor of Anne Frank.
King Kazimierz IVThe Polish King.
MiecioKenigsweinRegina and Samuel's son.
ReginaKenigsweinThe new sable in Zabinski's house.
SamuelKenigsweinRegina's husband.
StasKenigsweinRegina and Samuel's son.
StefcioKenigsweinRegina and Samuel's son.
JackKlajmanThe tough Ghetto child who survived the war.
JedrekKokotMrs. Kokot's son.
Mrs.KokotThe local teacher.
ZbyszekKokotMrs. Kokot's son.
KazioKramsztykRoman's cousin.
LudwiniaKramsztykRoman's cousin.
RomanKramsztykA renowned painter.
JulianKulskiWarsaw's Polish Vice President.
MarceliL. LebkowskiA well-known lawyer and activist.
FelixLandauA gestapo officer.
EwaLebkowskiMarceli's daughter.
DangluLeistThe German President of Warsaw.
Dr.LopatynskiThe zoo vet.
KonradLorenzA nobel scientist.
VyascheslavM. MolotovThe foreign minister.
FoxManJan's assistant.
MichaelMazorA ghetto survivor.
DirectorMullerThe director of the Konigsberg Zoo.
Dr.MullerA fellow member of the International Association of Zoo Directors.
IrenaNawrockaHalina's first cousin.
FrancisOf AssisiPatron Saint of Animals.
ZygmuntPietakSamuel's catholic friend.
NikolaiPrzywalskiA Russian explorer.
DidierRaoultA French biologist.
HermanReichenbachThe man who reviewed Piotr and Jean's book.
Dr.RembiszewskiDoctor. Planted an electric fence used to jolt deers from crops.
MaciejRembiszewskiThe current Director of Warsaw Zoo.
EmanuelRingelblumJan's bunker mate.
EmanuelRingelblumThe historian who wrote a book while hiding in a Warsaw Bunker.
JuditRingelblumEmanuel's wife.
GeneralRommelThe commander of Warsaw's soldiers.
SzapseRotholcSamuel's friend.
Mr.SableRegina's father.
ErnstSchaferThe naturalist.
ArthurSchopenhauerA Gdansk-born philosopher.
BrunoSchulzMagdalena's friend. A painter and prose writer.
IrenaSendlerA Polish social worker.
WladyslawSmolskiA Polish author and member of Zegota.
King JanSobieski IIIThe King who loves to keep exotic animals.
MayorStarzynskiThe Polish mayor.
JurgenStroopCommander of an SS Brigade.
EugieniaSylkesZabinski's friend. Aka: Genia.
BarbaraT. BermanJanina's colleague and friend. Aka: Basia.
Dr. SyzmonTenenbaumA famous entomologist.
IrenaTenenbaumSyzmon and Lonia's daughter.
LoniaTenenbaumSyzmon's wife. A dentist.
AdolfThe KidnapperThe ringleader of the rhesus monkeys.
JerzykTopoThe son of the carpenter.
Mrs.TopoJerzyk's mother.
Dr. AndrzejTrojanowskiA Polish surgeon.
DeborahVogelThe Yiddish poet.
Karl Von FrischThe biologist.
AmericanW. BeebeAn American Ornithologist.
Dr. MadaWalterThe woman who opened the Institute De Beaute.
HenryWolinskiA member in the Polish Bar Association.
ProfessorZThe professor at Pucek of the Bialowieza Nature Preserve.
AntoninaZabinskiThe Zookeeper's wife. Protagonist.
JanZabinskiThe Zookeeper. Antonina's husband.
RyszardZabinskiAntonina and Jan's eldest son.
TeresaZabinskiAntonina and Jan's daughter.
Mr.ZieglerDirector 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.
 
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