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Who is Rafael Romaniotes? Rafael Romaniotes is Greek growing up in the town of Argos the son of a dentist. He does not have a prominent role in the book, for he only appears in two chapters. However, he is an important witness, in that he is a member of the worst part of...

Gavriil Ahrenski

01/05/2015 21:33

Who is Gavriil Ahrenski? Gavriil Ahrenski is a Russian Prisoner of War ("POW") having fought in the Leningrad campaign spearheaded by his friend Andrei Vlasov. This campaign was an illfated attempt to break the German stranglehold on the city. The subsequent encirclement left the Russian army...

Ruth Stössl

01/05/2015 21:32

Who is Ruth Stössl? Ruth Stössl is the Kapo of the Kanada section and guides Franz to perform good deeds. She is not Jewish although her name suggests this to be the case. She grew up in Darmstadt but soon after moved to Berlin where she witnesses the rise of the Nazis. She is homosexual and...

Janek Aniolov

01/05/2015 21:31

Who is Janek Aniolov? Janek Aniolov is the Polish Kapo of the Ramp crew. This group was responsible for clearing bodies and collecting together possessions from new arrivals to the camp. He has been at the camp since its inception, having been arrested after the Nazi invasion in 1939. He...

Mihael Rosenthal

01/05/2015 21:30

Who is Mihael Rosenthal? Mihael Rosenthal is a central character of the books 'Whispering Birches' and 'Truth in Ash'. He is Slovakian, but grows up in Vienna. He went to school with Franz Wolff, but as a Jew he was expelled before finishing. After living in the ghetto, his father advises him...

Lukas Armbrecht

01/05/2015 21:28

Who is Lukas Armbrecht? Lukas Armbrecht is an important character of the book 'Whispering Birches'. He is Prussian coming from a region of Germany, known for its ability to produce warriors. Lukas is related to a noble family, but the impression is that he is not the main line. Like...

Elena Prikaznova

01/05/2015 21:27

Who is Elena Prikaznova? Elena Prikaznova is one of the central characters of the book 'Whispering Birches'. She is Slovakian having grown up in Hummené which lies to the east of the country. She enters the camp in April 1942 and is initially assigned to Königsgraben where she...

Franz Wolff

01/05/2015 21:26

Who is Franz Wolff? Franz Wolff is a central character of the books 'Whispering Birches' ("WB") and 'Truth in Ash' ("TIA"). He is Austrian having grown up in Drasenhofen close to the Czechoslovakian border. We see him in WB as a wounded veteran, a man capable of brutality. His wounds were received...

Truth in Ash

01/05/2015 20:48

Truth in Ash is a haunting story. The hero Franz loses his way by falling for the Nazi ideology. He loses the woman that he loved and almost loses his soul. Everybody has their own taste but this is music that helped me write the book. Gregorio Allegri’s Misere, Wagner's...

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