| A | B |
|---|
| Grandpa Will | Hannah's grandfather who she doesn't understand in the beginning |
| Aunt Eva | Hannah's aunt who survived the concentration camps |
| Aaron | Hannah's brother; has trouble remembering the answers to the four questions |
| Hannah | Main character; is tired of remembering |
| Chaya | Saves Rivka's life in the camps |
| Shmuel | Chaya's uncle; engaged to Fayge |
| Gitl | Chaya's aunt; stays strong in the camps |
| Fayge | Engaged to Shmuel; sacrifices her life to be with him |
| Yitzchak | Butcher; tries to help Gitl get ready for the wedding |
| Rabbi Boruch | Believes the Nazi soldiers when they talk about "resettlement" |
| Commandant Breuer | Commander over the camp; helps in determing the Choosing |
| Rivka | Organizer of the camp; |
| Rachel | Wanted to be Chaya's best friend; dies in the trucks due to suffocation |
| the badchan | Entertainer for Shmuel's and Fayge's wedding |
| Lublin | City where Chaya was from |
| Midden | garbage piles that children of camp hid |
| Elijah | Who Hannah opens the door for |
| Lilith's Cave | Door in the fence of the camp |
| Tattoo | Each prisoner receives this to determine their identity |
| Wolfe | Grandpa Will's name in the camps |
| Yiddish | The language Grandpa Will speaks occasionally |
| Railroad cars | How the Jews are taken to the concentration camps |
| The Final Solution | Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews |
| The Choosing | When Commadant Breuer would appear and randomly choose prisoner's to die |
