The Major Characters:
Elisabeth Wust, also called Lilly and Aimée
Felice Schragenheim, also called ’Lice, Fice, Putz, and Jaguar
Albrecht, Bernd, Eberhard, and Reinhard Wust, Lilly’s sons
Inge Wolf, bookseller and Lilly’s domestic aide for one year
Günther Wust, Lilly’s husband
Günther and Margarethe Kappler, Lilly’s parents
Erwin Buchwieser, Albrecht’s father
Käthe Herrmann, Lilly’s best friend
Dr. Albert and Erna Schragenheim, Felice’s parents
Irene Schragenheim, Felice’s sister
Käte Schragenheim, née Hammerschlag, also called “Mulle,” Felice’s stepmother
Hulda Karewski, Felice’s grandmother
Dr. Walter Karewski (Karsten), Felice’s uncle in the United States
Felice’s friends: Elenai Pollak, Nora, Ilse Ploog, Christine Friedrichs, Luise Selbach, also called “Mutti,” and Olga Selbach, Mutti’s daughter and Felice’s classmate
Hilli Frenkel, Felice’s best friend from school
Georg Zivier, called Gregor, a writer and a friend of Felice
Dörthe Zivier, Gregor Zivier’s wife
Gerd W. Ehrlich, an acquaintance of Felice and member of a Jewish underground group
Fritz Sternberg, a friend of Felice
Lola Sturmova, Lilly’s subtenant who had been bombed out of her home
Lucie Friedlaender, Dr. Rose Ollendorf, called Petel, Katja Laserstein—Lilly’s “three witches”
Willi Beimling, Lilly’s second husband
Liesl Reichler, Günther Wust’s fiancée