"I will Plant you a Lilac Tree" Characters

Plaszow's commandant that Dick described as the sadist of the worst kind; more worse than Feix

Amon Goeth

A man that resembled a Jewish boy that Hannelore knew back in Berlin; Hannelore was obsessed that he might be a Jew in disguise

Captain Schlesinger

A young Polish boy that Hannelore meets at Budzyn; wears army uniform, brings bread and coffee to her every night

Dick Hillman

Tall, broad-shouldered man in a white coat who fired many questions to patients and attended to Selly when he got severely hurt

Dr. Mosbach

A kind Jewish doctor who worked in the mine giving first aid

Dr. Weiss

Young man about Hannelore's age who sat next to Hannelore at the railroad station; father was severely beaten, and father later hanged himself

Erich Neuman

Young police officer from the Judenrat who told Hannelore that as long as you work for an SS family, you will not be deported; talkative; always flirted with Hannelore

Eugen Heiman

Hannelore's friend that got on Schindler's list and also worked for Liselotte

Eva

Young German daughters of an SS family that Hannelore took care of and was a maid for

Eva and Anneliese

A girl that Hannelore quickly became friends with at Budzyn; beautiful and cheerful despite her concentration camp surroundings; had a friendship with a German soldier and was later beaten to death for it

Fella

Hannelore's employer in the ghetto; mom of Eva and Anneliese; wanted to later kick out Hannelore because she was Jewish

Frau Lichter

A woman that Hannelore worked for at Wieliczka; Liebholt's mistress

Fraulein Liselotte

The main character of the story; Jewish girl who's life changed due to the German Holocaust, and jumped from concentration camp to another

Hannelore

Hannelore's two friends from her boarding school

Irma and Kaethe

Cheerful redheaded man dressed in a white coat at an infirmary that Hannelore worked at; told Hannelore that Krasnik is a paradise

Janek

Budzyn's new commandant after Feix left; tough but not crazy and irrational; said only working people are entitled to get food

Joseph Liebholt

Belzyce's Judenrat new receptionist

Manek

A man who saved 1,100 Jews from concentration camps, by getting them to work in his factory; made the Schindler's list to get the names of the 1,100 Jews

Oskar Schindler

Hannelore's brother who was severely beaten and almost killed; later dies of illness

Selly

Sent another package of rice, beans, and other lentils when Hannelore and Mama lived in the ghetto

Uncle Karl and Aunt Hannah

Budzyn camp's commandant; considered a "madman" who seized every opportunity to torment the Jews - got drunk with grade, whipped their bodies, and shot each men with his revolver

Untersturmfuhrer Feix

Hannelore's two brothers

Wolfgang and Selly