Moishe C. | Berkowitz | Jack of all trades Aka: Moishe The Beadle. |
Akiba | Drummer | A singer at Buna. |
Rabbi | Eliahu | The head of a small congregation at Poland. Ellie's co-prisoner. |
Adolf | Hitler | The leader of Nazi Group. |
Miklos | Horthy | The regent. |
Bela | Katz | The son of the merchant in Ellie's town. |
Meir | Katz | Shlomo's friend. |
Jerome | Lindon | The legendary head of Editions de Munit. |
Ezra | Malik | Owner of the garden where Ellie studied Talmudic treatise. |
Francois | Mauriac | A French writer and Nobel Laureate. |
Dr. Josef | Mengele | A physician in Birnekau. |
SS | Officer | The commanding officer in Birnekau. |
Batia | Reich | Ellie's relative who lives in their house. |
Mrs. | Schachter | Ellie's co-prisoner. |
Shlomo | Weisler | Ellie's father. |
Bea | Wiesel | Ellie's sister. |
Eliezer | Wiesel | Narrator and Protagonist. Aka: Ellie. |
Hilda | Wiesel | Ellie's sister. |
Marion | Wiesel | Ellie's wife. |
Tzipora | Wiesel | Ellie's youngest sister. |
Alphonse | | Ellie's leader. |
Franek | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. |
Gustav | | The Blockalteste. |
Hans | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. |
Idek | | Ellie's Kapo at Buna. |
Juliek | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. A musician. |
Koch | | The notorious sadistic monster of Buchenwald. |
Louis | | Ellie's neighbor at Buna. A musician. |
Maika | | The young girl who lay dying for three years. |
Maimonides | | A Jewish philosopher. |
Maria | | Ellie's former maid. |
Mendel | | Ellie's uncle. |
Reizel | | Niece of Ellie's mother. |
Stein | | Ellie's relative that they met at Birnekau. |
Stern | | Ellie's co-prisoner. |
Tibi | | Ellie's group mate at Buna. |
Tobie | | The tailor who begged to die before his sons were killed. |
Yehiel | | The sigheter rebbe's brother. |
Yossi | | Ellie's group mate at Buna. |
Zalman | | A prisoner from Poland who was marching beside Ellie. |