THE QUANDTS
Günther Quandt: Patriarch. Industrialist.
Horst Pavel: Günther’s right-hand man.
Toni Quandt: Günther’s first wife. Herbert’s mother.
Magda Goebbels: Günther’s second wife. Harald’s mother.
Ello Quandt: Günther’s sister-in-law. Magda’s best friend. Harald’s godmother.
Harald Quandt: Only child from Magda and Günther’s marriage.
Gabriele Quandt: Harald’s daughter.
Herbert Quandt: Günther’s eldest son. BMW’s savior.
Susanne Klatten: Herbert’s youngest daughter. BMW heiress.
Stefan Quandt: Herbert’s youngest son. BMW heir.
THE FLICKS
Friedrich Flick: Patriarch. Industrialist.
Otto Steinbrinck: Friedrich’s right-hand man.
Otto-Ernst Flick: Friedrich’s eldest son.
Muck, Mick, and Dagmar Flick: Otto-Ernst’s children.
Friedrich Karl Flick: Friedrich’s youngest son.
Eberhard von Brauchitsch: Friedrich Karl’s best friend.
Ingrid Flick: Friedrich Karl’s widow.
THE VON FINCKS
August von Finck Sr.: Patriarch. Private banker.
Kurt Schmitt: Allianz CEO. Reich minister of economic affairs.
August “Gustl” von Finck Jr.: Investor.
Ernst Knut Stahl: Gustl’s right-hand man.
THE PORSCHE-PIËCHS
Ferdinand Porsche: Patriarch. Creator of Volkswagen and Porsche.
Anton Piëch: Ferdinand’s son-in-law. Married to Louise.
Ferry Porsche: Ferdinand’s son. SS officer.
Louise Piëch: Ferdinand’s daughter. Married to Anton.
THE OETKERS
Richard Kaselowsky: Patriarch. CEO of Dr. Oetker.
Rudolf-August Oetker: Kaselowsky’s stepson. Waffen-SS officer.
Rudolf von Ribbentrop: Rudolf-August’s best friend. Waffen-SS officer.
THE TOP NAZIS
Adolf Hitler: The führer.
Joseph Goebbels: Reich minister of propaganda. Magda’s spouse. Harald’s stepfather.
Hermann Göring: Reichsmarschall. Main decision maker in Nazi economic policy.
Heinrich Himmler: Reichsführer SS. Principal organizer of the Holocaust.
Hjalmar Schacht: Reichsbank president and Reich minister of economic affairs.
Walther Funk: Reich minister of economic affairs and Reichsbank president.
Otto Wagener: Hitler’s economic adviser.
Wilhelm Keppler: Hitler’s economic adviser. Kranefuss’s uncle.
Fritz Kranefuss: Organizer of Himmler’s Circle of Friends. Keppler’s nephew.
THE PERSECUTED
Adolf Rosenberger: Cofounder of Porsche.
Johanna and Fritz Heine: Business owners.
Hahn family: Business owners.
Heirs of Julius and Ignaz Petschek: Business owners.
Willy Dreyfus: Private banker.
Louis von Rothschild: Private banker.
THE AMERICANS
Telford Taylor: Chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg Military Tribunals.
John J. McCloy: US high commissioner for occupied Germany.
THE REIMANNS
Albert Reimann: Patriarch. CEO of Joh. A. Benckiser (JAB).
Peter Harf: Chairman of JAB. Family confidant.
Wolfgang Reimann: Albert’s eldest son.