* Shmuel (Bruno's friend from the other side of the fence)
* Gretel (Bruno's older sister)
* Father (Bruno's father, a Nazi commandant)
* Mother (Bruno's mother)
* Grandfather (Bruno's paternal grandfather)
* Grandmother (Bruno's paternal grandmother)
* Maria (the family's maid)
* Pavel (the family's tutor, a Jew)
* Herr Liszt (the family's cook)