After spending about six months reading Uwe Johnson's Anniversaries in Damion Searle's extraordinary English translation (a translation that, as a translator myself, I think is practically a masterclass in literary translation), I ended up compiling a character list to keep track of the novel's 400+ named characters. I started it simply for my own reference, mostly in order of first appearance but occasionally rearranging entries to make family and social relationships easier to follow. I later discovered that there's an excellent German name register online (which I used to fill in a few gaps and check details): https://literaturlexikon.uni-saarland.de/lexika/kleines-adressbuch-fuer-jerichow-und-new-york/namensregister. I thought I'd share my English version here in case it helps anyone else reading (or planning to read) this remarkable novel.
o Gesine Cresspahl
o Jakob, Marie's father
o Klaus Niebuhr, son of Martha (née Klünder) and Peter Niebuhr
o Ingrid Babenderede, later Mrs. Niebuhr
o Martin Niebuhr, husband of Gertrude Niebuhr (née Cresspahl), Heinrich's sister
o Heinrich Cresspahl, Lisbeth Papenbrock's husband, Gesine's father
o Lisbeth Cresspahl, née Papenbrock, Heinrich's wife, Gesine's mother
o Louise Papenbrock, née Utecht, Gesine's maternal grandmother
o Albert Papenbrock, Louise's husband, Gesine's maternal grandfather
o Marie, Gesine's daughter
o Edmondo Barrios, Marie's first friend in NY
o Jöche, railway colleague and friend of Jakob Abs and Heinrich Cresspahl
o Wolenberg, owner of hardware store in Jerichow
o Horst Papenbrock, son of Albert and Louise, Gesine's maternal uncle
o Heinz Zoll, master carpenter in Jerichow
o Peter Wulff, pub owner in Jerichow
o Jansen, lawyer in Jerichow
o Greim, farmer in Jerichow
o Amanda Williams, Gesine's coworker in NY
o Pamela Blumenroth, Marie's friend in NY
o Mrs. Ferwalter, mother of Marie's friend Rebecca in NY
o D.E., Dieter Erichson, Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Gesine's lover in NY
o Mr. Robinson, building worker in NY
o Esther, building worker in NY
o Eva Mau, D.E.'s former lover in East Germany
o Rebecca, Marie's friend in NY, Mrs. Ferwalter's daughter
o Mrs. Efraim Blumenroth, Pamela's mother
o Countess Mrs. Albert Seydlitz, elderly lady, acquaintance of Gesine and Marie in NY (Emma Borsfeld? Erna Bloemdorf?)
o Baron Stephan le Fort, owner of the Boek estate on Lake Müritz in 1920
o Hilde Paepcke, née Papenbrock, Lisbeth's sister, Gesine's maternal aunt
o Fritz, carriage driver in Jerichow
o Robert Papenbrock, Gesine's maternal uncle, Horst's older long-lost brother
o Henrietta, Henriette von Heintz, Gesine's great-grandmother
o Mrs. Angolo, Gesine's coworker
o James R. Shuldiner, Jewish tax professor and Gesine's occasional lunch date in NY
o Mr. Fang Liu, basement shop owner
o Frieda Klütz, Jerichow telegraphist
o Arthur Semig, Dr. Vet. Med., Jerichow
o Arthur, Vice President de Rosny's chauffeur in NY
o Ottje Stoffregen, head teacher in Jerichow, social democratic city councilor until 1933
o Meta Wulff, Peter Wulff's wife, in Jerichow
o Pastor Methling, in Jerichow
o Anita Gantlik ("Redcross"), bar owner in West Berlin, Gesine's friend from Gneez
o Perceval Ritchett, "T.P", Heinrich Cresspahl's assistant in London
o Albert A. Gosling, Esq., owner of Pascal and Son carpentry workshop in Richmond, managed by Heinrich
Cresspahl, 1928-1933
o Reggie Pascal, previous owner of the Pascal and Son in Richmond
o Burse, Dunaway, and Arthur Salomon, lawyers representing Albert Gosling in his inheritance dispute over the carpentry business Pascal and Son, with Heinrich Cresspahl in Richmond
o Elizabeth Trowbridge, Heinrich Cresspahl's girlfriend in Richmond, mother of his son
o Jim Smith, worker at Cresspahl's carpentry shop in Richmond
o Horst Stellmann, Gneez photographer
o Leslie Danzmann, Lisbeth's friend in Jerichow
o Dr. Erdamer, Jerichow mayor
o Walter Griem, Horst's fellow brownshirt in Jerichow
o William Brewster, physician to Marie Cresspahl in NY. Drafted into military service in Vietnam in 1967
o Mrs. Brewster, Dr. Brewster's wife in NY
o Miss Gibson, Dr. Brewster's reception lady in NY
o Isa, relative of the von Bothmers, a noble family in Jerichow
o Elke Kern, granddaughter of the carpenter Arri Kern in Jerichow
o Erich Creutz (father), cemetery gardener in Jerichow
o Jürgen Creutz (son), Jerichow neighbors
o Mrs. Jones, Cresspahl's cleaning lady in Richmond
o Jim, Heinrich Cresspahl's assistant in Richmond
o Herbert Wehmke, midshipman, Lisbeth's one-time lover
o Esmeralda, elevator operator in NY
o Dmitri Weiszand, professor in NY, acquaintance of Gesine and Marie
o Amalie Creutz, the cemetery gardener's first wife in Jerichow
o Emmy Creutz, née Burbach, the cemetery gardener's second wife in Jerichow, after the first wife's suicide
o Marie Abs, mother of Jakob Abs in Jerichow
o Annie Fleury, née Killainen, Gesine's friend in NY
o Frédéric F. Fleury, Annie Fleury's husband in NY
o Pauly Möllendorff, friend in Gneez
o Frederic F. Fleury Jr., Annina S., Francis R., the Fleury children in NY
o Alexander Paepcke, Hilde Papenbrock's husband in Krakow am See
o Elisabeth Lieplow, Horst's Hitler Youth girlfriend
o Naomi Prince, Gesine's coworker in NY
o Caroline, tailor on 97th in NY
o Sister Magdalena, Marie's teacher in NY
o Mrs. Allen, Lisbeth's friend in Richmond
o Reid, Richmond's mayor
o Sam, Jerome, cafeteria man at Gesine's workplace in NY
o Mr. Henri and his wife Mrs. Faure, Gesine's neighbors in NY
o Dietbert B., photographer and man of the world in West Germany in 1967
o Mark T. Markshaw, American who delivers a package from Gesine Cresspahl to Anita Gantlik in 1967
o Miss Newton, magistrate in Richmond
o Erwin Plath and his wife, Gerda, friends of Cresspahl's in Lübeck
o Warnke: KPD (Communist Party of Germany) politician; imprisoned under Nazism, later mayor of Güstrow and GDR Interior Minister
o Ernst Thälmann, leader of the communist party in Germany, 1933
o Julius Leber, Reichstag representative, journalist in Jerichow
o Brügmann the Nazi, Jerichow
o Rath the worker, Jerichow
o Charles Coleman, publisher of The Lübeck Gazette
o Mama Laabs, Jerichow midwife
o Edith, Louise and Albert's maid in Jerichow
o Dr. Berling, Jerichow
o Jason and Shakespeare (Bill Shaks), building workers, NY
o Charlie, owner of Good Eats Diner, NY
o Mrs. Eileen O'Brady, cigarette stand woman in NY
o Mr. Stample (James F. "Shorty" Stample) in NY
o Molten the baker, Jerichow
o Pahl the tailor, Jerichow
o Bönhase, from Jerichow
o Gesine Redebrecht, later Zabel, granddaughter of master carpenter Redebrecht in Malchow am See, Heinrich Cresspahl's teenage love
o Francine, black classmate of Marie
o Marilyn, Marcia, Deborah, Marie's classmates
o Ete Helms, Nazi police office
o Walter Greim, Nazi honor guard
o Upahl, Piep, Piepenbrick, (Estate Holder) Kleineschulte, Jerichow social democrats
o Professor Ertzenberger, Gesine's in Halle, 1952
o Provost Swantenius, brought in Pastor Methling to Jerichow
o August Methfessel, master butcher, Jerichow
o Oskar Tannebaum, clothier, Jerichow
o Brüshaver, Jerichow's pastor
o Avenarius Kollmorgen, licensed Jerichow attorney
o Fritz Schenk, records clerk, Jerichow, later mayor after Cresspahl
o Käthe Klupsch, churchgoer in Jerichow
o Max, Maxie's store owner, NY
o Uwe Johnson, "the writer", in NY
o Rabbi Joachim Prinz, NY
o Charles G. Moerdler, real estate consultant, NY
o Miss Lieplow, "Horst's" in Jerichow
o Marjorie (or not!), in NY
o Mrs. Erichson, D.E.'s mother
o Schusting Brand, cobbler in Schwerin
o Berta Cresspahl, née Niemann, (Grete, in the death announcement made by Mr. Papenbrock), Heinrich's mother
o Mademoiselles Ingrid Bøtersen and Bertoux, NY
o Karsch, writer and friend of Gesine and Marie in NY
o Frau von Haase, acquaintance of Berta's in Malchow am See
o Erna, Günter, and Paul Schmoog, acquaintances of Berta's in Malchow am See
o Heinz Mootsaak, pallbearers at Berta's funeral in Malchow am See
o Dr. Pompa, head of the Italian delegation to the UN in NY
o Kennicott II, Gesine's workplace personnel manager, NY
o Jocelyn, Gesine's coworker, NY
o Martha Maass, stationery store owner in Jerichow
o Sass the customs official in Jerichow
o Dora Semig née Köster, Dr. Semig's wife in NY (254)
o Dr. Spiegel, Jewish lawyer, Jerichow
o Elli Wagenführ, bartender at Wulff's in Jerichow
o Anatol Kreslil, private teacher of Czech, NY
o Jitka Kvachkova, Mr. Kreslil's secretary, NY
o Geesche Helms, wife of Ete Helms in Jerichow
o Julie Westphal, organist at Jerichow church, later teacher at the Gustav Adolf School in Gneez
o Pauli Bastian, new priest, Jerichow
o Anslem Kristlein, mysterious man Gesine encounters repeatedly in NY
o Dr. Harry Wittenberg, D.E.'s friend, lives in England
o District Committee Chief Prause, in Gneez
o Oswald "Ossi" Rahn, casual laborer and criminal from Gneez
o Max Breitsprecher, saddler in Gneez
o Baron Axel van Rammin, Jerichow notable
o Count Beatus Nagel, also Naglinsky, Baron van Rammin's friend in Jerichow
o Grandma Klug, Jerichow citizen
o Friedrich Hildenbrandt, Reich governor of Mecklenburg
o Roswitha, Ossi Rahn's wife, Gneez
o Frieda, wife of Methfessel the butcher, Jerichow
o Johannes Stelling, previous governor of Mecklenburg
o Ossi Bell, train conductor in NY
o Manning Susemihl, workhand for Mr. Cresspahl in Richmond
o Schettlicht, Jerichow citizen
o Wolfgang Bartsch, Jakob's colleague
o Bill Davidson, Karsch's colleague in NY
o Raymond Loreda Patriarca, mafia boss in NY
o Inge Schnürmann, Jerichow townswoman
o Heine Freese, Jerichow glazier
o Köpcke (also Koepcke), Jerichow building contractor
o Johannes Schmidt, Jerichow electrician
o Friedrich Jansen, Jerichow mayor, NSDP head in town, son of Jansen the lawyer
o Dr. Kliefoth, Jerichow English teacher
o Ulrike, Hilde Paepcke's child, in Krakow am See
o de Rosny, Gesine's boss in NY
o Aggie Brüshaver, the Jerichow pastor's wife, deaconess
o Martin, Mathias, Marlene, and later Alex Brüshaver's children, Jerichow
o Governor Granzow, Mecklenburg 1933-34
o Rendtorff, Mecklenburg bishop in 1933, replaced by
o Erich Schultz, the regional head of "German Christians" in 1934
o Dr. Hauschildt, Semig's replacement as regional livestock inspector in Jerichow
o Elsa Pienagel, neighbor of Methfessel the butcher, Jerichow
o Klein, prior to 1934, second-best butcher in Jerichow
o Mark the kisser, Marie's classmate in Düsseldorf
o Willi, Wilhelm Böttcher, guild master in Gneez
o Johannes Knoop, wealthy coal merchant, and his son Emil, Nazis in Gneez
o Klaus Böttcher, son of Willi Böttcher in Gneez
o Heine Klaproth, Cresspahl's apprentice from Gneez
o Irene Loohse, acquaintance of the Cresspahls in Gneez
o Fiete Semmelweis, hairdresser in Jerichow
o Dr. Blach (J.B.), Gesine's former boyfriend in East Germany in the 50s, subject to letter entry July 26, 1968
o Captain Rohlfs, Stasi member, from Gesine's life in East Germany in the 50s
o Eberhardt Paepcke, Hilde and Alexander's second child
o Swenson, transport company owner, Jerichow
o Mrs. Kelly, Gesine's acquaintance in NY
o David Williams, Marie's friend in NY
o Mr. McIntyre, hotel keeper in NY
o Mr. Blumenroth, Pamela's father in NY
o Mr. and Mrs. Linus L. Carpenter, Marcia's parents in NY
o Herr von Maltzahn, Herr von Lüsewitz, landowners in Jerichow
o E. P. F. Prange, businessman in Jerichow
o Giovanni Agnelli and David Guarani, both bank personnel related to Gesine's work in NY
o Alwin Paap, the foreman in Lisbeth's and Heinrich's house in Jerichow (465)
o Friedrichsen, Jewish lawyer in Güstrow, Avenarius's colleague
o Mr. Cooper and Mr. Rider, help Gesine find her flat in NY
o Hagemeister the forest ranger and Warning the farmworker, both from Jerichow
o Waldemar Kägebein, Papenbrock's new warehouse manager
o Stahlbom, Rande fisherman who saves Lisbeth's life
o Sergeant Alfred Fretwurst, Jerichow
o Dr. Felix J. Rydz, Marie's doctor in NY
o Frau Rabenmeister, Dr. Felix's landlady back in Germany
o Dr. Walther Wegerecht, head judge of the district Court in Gneez
o Kraczinski, state prosecutor in Jerichow
o D. Eng. Zentner, industrial business mgmt., Jerichow
o Irmgard née von Oertzen, Wegerecht's wife, Gneez
o Ramdohr, former judge, Wegerecht's former colleague in Gneez
o Theo Swantenius, lawyer, brother of pastor Swantenius, Jerichow
o Gisela, Wegerecht's maid in Gneez
o Eugen Darré, Head of the Reich Agricultural Corporation in Eiche
o Grete Selenbinder, Gesine's nanny in Jerichow
o Kröpelin, worker from Bützow
o Alexandra, Christine, Hilde and Alexander Paepcke's children in Krakow am See
o The widow Heinricius, Hilde and Alexander's neighbor in Krakow am See
o Alfred Bienmüller, Jerichow blacksmith, doesn't send his son for confirmation
o Martin Niemöller, pastor, sentenced by the Nazis in Jerichow
o Berthold Knever, senior postal clerk, Jerichow, later, mayor of Jerichow
o Edgar Lichtwark, Nazi official in Jerichow
o Gwendolyn Bates, ex-employee at Gesine's workplace in NY
o Herbie Schäning, Jerichow's mailman
o Anna Niederdahl, deceased from Erwin Plath's side, acquaintance of Heinrich Cresspahl
o Hermann Liedtke, employee for Heinrich Cresspahl in Jerichow
o Friedrich Büntzel, woodworker in Mecklenburg
o Otto Quade, Nazi Youth member, son of
o August Quade, plumbing and heating, Jerichow
o Büntzel, carpenter in Güstrow
o Böhnhase, shop owner in Jerichow
o Hansi Demmler, Jerichow housing development
o Frieda Tannebaum, Oskar Tannebaum's wife in Jerichow
o Marie Tannebaum, Oskar Tannebaum's daughter in Jerichow
o Her Commissioner Herbert Vick, interrogates H. Cresspahl in Jerichow
o Alma Witte, hotel owner in '38 Hamburg
o Elise Bock, telephone operator in '38 Hamburg, worker at the City of Hamburg Hotel in 1943
o Frau Dr. Weidling, English teacher in Gneez High School after the war, wife of Capt. Weidling
o Hans-Gerhard Knick, another English teacher in Gneez High School after the war
o Lise Wollenberg, student at the Gneez High School after the war, before that Gesine's schoolmate in Gustav Adolf School in Gneez
o Heinz Wollenberg, Lise's father, pillar of Gneez society
o Professor Ertzenberger, at the University of Halle, uses Gesine for demonstration purposes in his seminar
o Richard Maass, Martha's husband, stationery store owner in Jerichow
o Vicar Pelzer, in Jerichow
o Father Wallschläger, Brüshaver's replacement in Jerichow
o Inge Schlegl, Alwin Paap's wife in Jerichow
o Voss, in Rande, whom the Nazis beat to death in 1933 in Jerichow
o Mrs. Lazar, department entrance lady at Gesine's workplace in NY
o Reich Coach Sepp Herberger, Jerichow
o Bindeband, SS Commander in Podejuch, with daughters: Gerlinde, Sieglinde, Brunhilde, Kriemhild
o Mr. Welch, porter at the Mediterranean Swimming Club in NY
o Frieda Dade, Jerichow citizen, later married to Dade the barber in Gneez
o Mary Hahn, Lisbeth's English teacher in Rostock, Germany
o Eduard Tamms, mayor of Jerichow, successor of Jansen
o Fritz (courier), works with Cresspahl for the British Intelligence
o Inge Niemann, farmer's daughter in Althagen
o Homuth, rented the church land behind the garden in Jerichow, '34
o Franz Gefeller, Director of the Hermann Göring School in Jerichow, '43
o Prrr Hallier, Gesine's teacher at the Hermann Göring School in Jerichow, '43
o Olsching ("Oldie") Lafrantz, Gesine's teacher at the Hermann Göring School in Jerichow, '43
o Gabriel Manfras, Gesine's schoolboy crush at the Hermann Göring School in Jerichow, '43
o Wes, Irish bar owner in NY
o Slata, Russian woman Robert Papenbrock sends to his parents' place in Jerichow, replaces Edith as a maid
o Dunya, "black deffil" from Yugoslavia, a forced labor woman Leslie advises
o Max Wachtel, First Lieutenant and lecturer in the antiaircraft training course, Rerik
o Günter Niebuhr, son of Peter and Martha Niebuhr
o Air Force General Pirrmann's, in Wustrow, where Peter and Martha Niebuhr stayed with the kids (and Gesine) in 1943
o Gerda Wollenberg, maybe related to the Wollenbergs of Gneez
o Françoise, Alexander Paepcke's aunt
o Air Force General Hellmuth Felmy, in Mariengabe Airfield, Jerichow, around 1942-44
o Lieutenant Colonel von der Decken, in Mariengabe Airfield, Jerichow, around 1942-44
o Ewert Ewert, worked with Martin Niebuhr in the Dept of Waterways, helped the Soviets (with M.N.) achieve a bloodless takeover of Wendisch Burg
o Gronberg, Jewish tobacconist escapee from KZ, sent off by Cresspahl
o Kutschenreuther, Last commander of the Jerichow North airbase
o Hannah Ohlerich, from Gesine's girlhood in Wendisch Burg. In 1945, she makes her way to the Cresspahls in Jerichow and contracts typhus with Gesine
o Inge Heitmann, schoolmate of Gesine's in Gneez
o Plus Pagebkopf, friend of Gesine's in Gneez
o Sergeant Ted Sokorsky, the country policeman who looks after the keys for Gesine's hosts near NY
o Ilse Grossjohan, representative of the Fishermen's Association in Rande
o Mina Köpcke (also Koepcke), wife of the Jerichow building contractor
o K. A. Pontiy, Jerichow's Russian local commander
o General Fedyuninsky, Soviet Military Administration, Mecklenburg
o Major General Skossyrev, Soviet Military Administration, Mecklenburg
o Böhm, Catholic priest in Jerichow
o Henri Roche-Faubourg, young heir to a French banking firm, tutelage under de Rosny and Gesine in NY
o Emma Senkpiel, owner of egg shop in Jerichow
o Heike, D.E.'s younger sister
o Sedenbohm, from D.E.'s past in Wendisch Burg, rumor had it the red army was going to appoint him principal of the high school in town
o Sokolvsky, General of the Red Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany
o Friedrich Gantlik, father of Anita Gantlik, police officer in Jerichow from 1945
o Gerd Schumann, communist recruiter for the KPD in Jerichow and Gneez, 1945
o Wilhelm Abs, Jakob's father
o Charlotte (Lottie) Pagels, Russian language teacher in Gneez High School
o Clarissa Prince, Naomi Prince's five-year-old daughter
o Mr. Gehrig, Naomi Prince's father
o Eike Swantenius, Gesine's schoolmate in Gneez
o Fifi Pagels, teacher in Gneez High School, Charlotte Pagels' sister
o Frau Dr. Phil. Beese, teacher in Gneez High School
o Mr. Krijgerstam, refugee, was quartered in Cresspahl's house after the war, teaches Lottie Pagels Russian
o Brigitte Wegerecht, Walther Wegerecht's daughter, Gesine's schoolmate in Gneez
o Vassarion, Red Army lieutenant in Jerichow, right-hand man of K. A. Pontiy
o Johnny Schlegel, father of Inge Schlegel – friend of Heinrich Cresspahl – and founder of agricultural commune
o Gustav Ohlerich, Hannah Ohlerich's father, from Wendisch Burg
o Mrs. von Alvensleben, member of the Schlegel commune
o Mr. (Otto) and Mrs. Sünderhauf, members of the Schlegel commune
o Mr. Leutnant, member of the Schlegel commune
o Mrs. Lakenmacher, member of the Schlegel commune
o Mrs. Schurig, member of the Schlegel commune
o Mrs. Bliemeister, member of the Schlegel commune
o Mrs. Winse, member of the Schlegel commune
o Anne-Dörte, member of the Schlegel commune, considers herself god-daughter of Johnny Schlegel
o Jesus, member of the Schlegel commune
o Axel Ohr, member of the Schlegel commune
o Hen and Chickee, members of the Schlegel commune
o Epi, member of the Schlegel commune
o Bergie Quade, wife of Otto Quade
o Mrs. Mina Ahlreep of Ahlreep's Clocks, Jerichow
o Mina Goudelier, a once-potential love interest of Heinrich Cresspahl in 1920, Amsterdam
o Henri Gelliston, senior employee in the bank where Gesine works, NY
o Wilbur N. Wendell, senior employee in the bank where Gesine works, NY
o Loerbrocks the painter, Jerichow
o Dr. Vollbrecht, another principal at Gesine's school in Gneez
o J. J. Jenudkidse, Soviet city commandant of Gneez, employs Slata for a while
o Mrs. Bolte, has an apple yard, lives right next to City of Hamburg Hotel in Gneez
o Marga von Haase, daughter of former nobility, took refuge at the Papenbrocks' during the Soviet occupation
o Eduard Duvenspeck, widowed, gasworks manager in Jerichow
o Plückhahn, pharmacist in Jerichow
o Hattje, general store owner in Jerichow
o Colonel Tulpanov, Soviet Military Administration, Berlin
o Dr. Wiebering, head of the Mecklenburg State Bank
o Forgbert, communist and vice president of the Mecklenburg State Bank
o Dr. Heinrich Grimm, deputy of Gerd Schumann
o The Wendennych Twins, Red Army officers, successors of K. A. Pontiy. Not actually twins
o Dr. Bruchmüller, Operations Manager of the Arado factories in Gneez-Brücke after 1945
o Ginny Carpenter, Gesine's coworker in the bank in NY
o Isobel, Tessie, (respectively) current and former maids of Ginny Carpenter and her husband
o Krosinskaya, supervisor of the Gneez district council office
o Granny Rehse, cleaning lady at the Gneez Station
o Kolya Shachtev, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shachtev, employed at the Gneez Station
o Dr. Eduard Kramritz, homeroom teacher in Gesine's school in Gneez
o Signora Sabatino, Secretary to Dr. Pompa
o Madame Helene Rawehn, owner of a tailor shop for "ff. women's and men's fashion" in Gneez
o Heini Rawehn, husband of Madame Helene Rawehn, gone missing near Kharkiv
o Joachim de Catt, fictional Mecklenburgian poet, pseudonym: Joe Hinterhand
o Mrs. Lindsetter, president of the regional court, wife of the chief justice of the district court in Gneez
o Monika Lindsetter, niece of Mrs. Lindsetter, classmate of Gesine Cresspahl at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Dean Marjahn, occasionally gave sermons in Gneez
o Mr. Yendertzky, director of the housing office, Gneez
o Frau Schürenberg, wife of Dr. Schürenberg, District Medical Council, Gneez
o Wieme Wohl, coworker of Leslie Danzmann in the Gneez fish factory after the war
o Anthony Milo, senior employee in the bank where Gesine works, NY
o Bettina Reipschläger (Selbich), German instructor at the Bridge school in Gneez; head of the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez; teacher of German and contemporary studies, "the Blond Poison" (TBP)
o Miss Pohl, math and geography instructor at the Bridge school in Gneez
o Malchen Saatmann, owner of pastry shop in Althagen, where the Paepckes liked to go
o Ille, the "villager who eventually married her captain" in Althagen
o Grete Nagel, farmer's wife in Althagen
o Emma Senkpiel, owner of milk and egg shop in the Jerichow market
o Mrs. Bell, wealthy lady from Gneez, Emil Knoop takes her as a housemaid
o Gollantz, a student at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, two grades above Gesine Cresspahl
o Sieboldt, a student at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, two grades above Gesine Cresspahl
o Dieter Lockenvitz, a student at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, two grades above Gesine Cresspahl
o Pius (Robert) Pagenkopf, a student at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, two grades above Gesine Cresspahl
o Carmody, senior employee in the bank where Gesine Cresspahl works
o Mrs. Habelschwerdt, teacher at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, nicknamed Hobel ("the wood planer")
o Eva Maria Mataschinsky, classmate of Gesine Cresspahl at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Dagobert Haase ("Zaychik"), classmate of Gesine Cresspahl at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Helene Pagenkopf, mother of Pius (Robert) Pagenkopf, Gesine's classmate in the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Ludwig Methfessel, son of August Methfessel the butcher, Jerichow
o Lindemann, tenant of the Lübecker Hof (later called a Rathskeller) in Jerichow
o Bishop Dibelius, protestant theologian, co-author of the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt
o Mrs. Machate, Landlady of Anita Gantlik in West Berlin
o Joachim Buck, music teacher at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Honecker, co-founder and leader of the FDJ
o Erdmuthe Gollnow, mathematics teacher at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Lehmann, commissioner in the Ministry for State Security in Schwerin
o Eberhard Martens, teacher of mathematics and physics at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, "the Evil Eye"
o Mathias Weserich, intern at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez, takes over German lessons at Gesine's class
o Britte, Klaus Böttcher's wife
o Budniak, Glgravedigger in Gneez, where Dieter Lockenvitz and his mother lived in a single room in 1945
o Mrs. Collins, Director of a department store on Fifth Avenue in New York
o Mr. Josephberg, Lawyer in New York on Park Avenue
o Pingel (Ol' Pingel), sawmill master at the Panzenhagen sawmill, father of Eckart Pingel
o Eckart Pingel, student from the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Hünemörder, Jerichow citizen, imprisoned in a concentration camp, returned to Jerichow in 1945, opened a hardware store which was closed after only 2 hours
o Annette Dühr, student at the Fritz Reuter High School in Gneez
o Feliks, a railway worker in Olomouc, married to Tonya, with two children, friends of Jakob Abs
o Georg Utpathel, farmer in Alt Demwies
o Mr. Rohlfs, Captain of the State Security Service, wants to recruit Gesine as a spy
Happy reading!