| A | B |
|---|
| Annemarie Johansen | Ten year old girl who helps the Jews flee to Sweden |
| Ellen Rosen | Ten year old Jewish girl whose family tries to escape from Denmark |
| Mr. Johansen | Annemarie's father, he is part of the resistance fighters |
| Inge Johansen | Annemarie's mother, she helps her husband with the resistance |
| Kirsten Johansen | Five year old girl who is chatty and silly, Annemarie's little sister |
| Lise Johansen | Annemarie's older sister who was killed right before she was to be married to Peter. She was also a resistance fighter |
| Mr. and Mrs. Rosen | Ellen's parents, they wanted to escape the religious persecution of Jews |
| The Hirsch Family | They were Jewish store owners, their button shop was shut down during Kristelnache |
| Peter Nielson | Lise's fiance, he fought for the resistance |
| Uncle Henrick | Inge's brother. He is a fisherman and he takes the Jews to Sweden in the bottom of his boat |
| Great Aunt Birtie | No relative, just a hoax so that a casket could be used to smuggle in warm clothes |
| King Christian X | The King of Denmark, all of Denmark is his bodyguard |
| "The Giraffe" | The tall German soldier who guards the street corner where the girls pass to go to school |
| The soldiers | Part of Hitler's army sent to guard Denmark |
| The Nazis | Hitler's army- the are prejudiced against all Jews and others who are different. They follow Hitler's commands and help him to overtake countries and massacre over 6 million Jews. |
