Łuków
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The narrator’s older brother
He was shot and killed during a German roundup at the family meal.
Neuman
A Gestapo officer who shot a man during the roundup.
Mother
The narrator’s mother saw him and told him to flee.
Father
The narrator’s father spoke to him during the forced march.
Narrator
The narrator was eleven years old during the described events.
Daniel, Watenmacher's son
Daniel, identified as Watenmacher's son, was among the Lukow people encountered.
Unnamed farmer
A farmer showed mercy and offered the narrator bread at night.
Farmer woman
A farmer woman who sheltered the fugitives and brought them warm food.
Isaiah Cohen
Named at the beginning of a passage about emigration, war, and occupation.
Miriam Shumak
Named among young people who spent their youth in prisons.
Israel Goldgewicht
Described as the leader of the Lukow group in Brussels.
Hershl Chatschke
Brother-in-law who awaited the narrator at Lukow station.
Sheyndl Chatschke
Sister-in-law who awaited the narrator at Lukow station.
Sonia Wasserstrom
Lukow person listed among those who came to Belgium.
Yosl Burstein
An acquaintance from Lukow who sought the narrator.
Pétain
A leader named in the capitulationist government of Vichy.
Laval
A leader named in the capitulationist government of Vichy.
Narrator's wife
The narrator's wife, who hid with him and their child.
Narrator's child
The narrator's child, who hid with the narrator and wife.
Narrator
A narrator who sought shelter with his child.
Dr. A. Berman
Jewish representative who promised to take an interest in the cemetery matter.
Yidl Burshtin
Yosl Burshtin’s surviving brother, located in Poland.
Yidl Burshtin
Yosl Burshtin’s brother, who accompanied him to the mass grave.
Rabbi of Brussels
Rabbi consulted about burying human remains.
Moshe Zukerman
Narrator and former volunteer in the French army.
Meir Roizenblat
A person deported before the narrator’s transport.
Isaac Gol
The narrator’s brother-in-law, imprisoned in block 8 and later selected.
Marek
A kapo described as the murderer in block 8.
Mendel Neuman
A fellow prisoner who performed part of the narrator's work during illness.
Civilian electrician
A civilian electrician working near the narrator in winter.
Guard
A guard who ordered the narrator to retrieve a fallen wrench.
Kajtek
A Polish prisoner and former laborer who treated the narrator and later beat him.
Ignatz
A Polish murderer who hanged one person each night.
Rabbi of Budapest
The Budapest rabbi whom the narrator saw die.
Bloch
A well-known French-Jewish lawyer whose son worked nearby.
Belgian Jewish officer
A Belgian Jewish officer whose final words urged survivors to tell the world.