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Jakob Beer

This character is a seven-year-old Jewish boy in Poland during World War II.

Ben

This character is an admirer of Holocaust poet Jakob Beer.

Athanasios (Athos) Roussos

A geologist born in Odessa, Ukraine, into a commercial Greek family.

Mones Alperstein

Jakob Beer's childhood friend in Biskupin, Poland.

Bella Beer

This character is at an early age a serious and accomplished pianist.

Alexandra Gillian Dodson (Alex née McClean) Beer

A devotee of classical music and a master of word play.

Michaela Beer

This character is proud of her Russian and Spanish Jewish heritage and is a voluptuous scholar.

Old Martin

A merchant on Zakynthos Island who supplies Athanasios (Athos) Roussos and his ward, Jakob Beer with essentials during World War II.

Kostas and Daphne Mitsialis

A professor and his wife who live in Athens, and who, before World War II, shares an office with Athos.

Naomi

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