From the Book People the Author Knew or Met Personally Paul Bohnardt (Bonart, the Author) Bertha (Bertha Rode) Father (Albin Bohnhardt - mechanic at railroad) Mother (Berta Bohnhardt) Grandparents Paul (Paul Sauer, uncle, brother of Mother) Alfred (classmate that took tests at Zeiss) Reinhold Grüttner (in charge of apprentices - studied Psychology at U of Götingen - worked at Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute for Brain research) Lore (ISK social worker, later Eleanore Buenning) Erwin Bünning (assistant professor of botany got international recognition) Curt (Kurt Pfotenhauer - tailor from Weimar, adored Lore) Frida (Wife of Karl) Gertrud (Wife of Adolf) Karl (arrested Communist patron of the barber shop in Jena) Adolf (arrested Communist patron of the barber shop in Jena) Dr. Robert Ley Zipler (chairman of Nazi "Works Council" in the Zeiss factory in Jenna) Marrenbach (Dr. Ley's assistant) Mr. Busch (editor of the newspaper Deutschen) Dr. Frauenhofer (Government official with Dr. Ley) Hellmut Rauschenplat (ISK leader aka Fritz Eberhard) Erna (Erna Mros, Monica Kakies) Walter (Walter Brandt? ISK contact in Hamburg - was tortured and hung himself in Dachau camp to protect others) Hans (ISK contact number 2 - associated with Walter Brandt) Dora (landlord Dora Jeremais) Fritz Grob (arrested 1/5/1935) Minna Specht Julius Philippson (aka Jürgen) Gestapo arresting Officer Erich Irmer (arrested with Paul) Curt (underground worker from another group of 5 that got arrested) Two brothers (the first two arrested) Warden at Luckau (Der Löwe) Walter (frist prisoner met in Luckau, editor of Berlin communist youth newspaper ) Hans Jendretzky Chauffer of Thälmann Guard in Luckau in charge of non-belivers "Doctor" Spiritual leader of Jehovah's Witnesses Ernst (Leader of Socialist Youth gave Paul 20 Mark.. ) Dr. Kleefeld (Jewish physician in Erfurt) Nathan (Paul's father's friend - Jewish conductor of chorus, medal of honor winner) Miss Eisfeld (Boss' secretary) Bertha's sister and Brother-in-law Mr. Lott (Nazi Party rep. at Zeiss?) Erwin Collatz Heinrich (worked with Reinhold in Göttingen underground, lost leg in WWI) Käthe (Bertha's younger sister) Willi Eichler Hanna Bertholet-Fortmüller Mary Saran (Maria Hodann) Alan Flanders Edith Moore Walter and Jenny Fleiss (British owners of a Vegetarian restaurant) Hilde Meisel (Socialist Vanguard, killed trying to re-enter Germany) Field Ellis Mr. Gustave Husson (Gus, export manager at B&L) Erwin Uhlmann Mr. Taylor (president of B&L) Fred Köeher Sylvio Pinho Dr. Nabuco (Lawyer) Other people mentioned in the book: Carl Zeiss Ernst Abbe Leonard Nelson Kant Jacob Friedrich Fries Albert Einstein, Heinrich Mann, Käthe Kollwitz, Erich Kästner Franz von Papen Von Schleicher Von Neurath Kirk von Schleicher Hindenburg Hermann Göring Cardinal Eugino Pacelli (Pope Pius XII) Oliver Holmes Chancellor Brüning Adolf Hitler (Führer) Il Duce Joseph Göbbels William Shirer (Author of "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich") Pastor Neimöller General Ludendorff Ernst Röhm (commander of SA) Himmler Adolf Wagner (Bavarian Minister of the Interior) Dr. Hans Frank, Commissioner of Justice Strasser Thalmänn Mussolini Max Hodann (DR. and former husband of Mary Saran) President Roosevelt Elanor Roosevelt Getulio Vargas (met later?) Oswaldo Aranha Groups and Organizations Schott (glass factory) Carl Zeiss Foundation Ernst Abbe Home Free Trade Union Social Democratic Party Communists German Reichbank ISK Weimar (the city near Jena) Three Arrow organization (Social Democrats) Reichstag (parliament) Storm Troopers Brownshirts Black Shirts S.S. S.A. Stahlhelm (steel helmets) Burschenschaften (Student associations of the wealthy) Deutsche Arbeitsfront (new German labor organization headed by dr. Ley) Deutsch Nationale Volks Partei (Right wing) National Socialists Weimar Republic Deutsch Volks Partei (right of center) Zentrum Party (centrist party of Catholics) Spartacists (radical group of socialists in 1919) Ulanen (Lancers - a Calvary unit in WWI) Nazi Youth Organization Academy for Political Leadership (Minna Specht) Communist Opposition Party SAP (Left wing of Social Democrats) Okulus Erwin Collatz and Co. Labour Party (England) Bausch and Lomb Rochester Eastman Kodak Places Mentioned in the Book Neu Daberstedt (birth place) Erfurt (State of Thuringia, Germany) Jena Saale river Hamburg Botanical Gardens (Jena) Dachau Concentartion Camp Thüringer Wald (town where he vited in 1933) Berlin-Dahlem Prussia Soviet Union Munich University of Marburg Hanslbauer Hotel in Wiesee The Vega (vegetarian restaurant in Hamburg) Farnkfurt Berlin Cologne Paris London Saar territory Kassel (city in germany) Göttingen University Alexander Platz Moabit Prison of Detention Plöatzensee (prison of execution of Communist cell neighbor) Maximum Security Prison in Luckau Hanover Tempelhof Airport Tiergarten Park Hofbräu Hais in Munich Zeller Lake Basel Rhine River Switzerland Holzhausen Thuringia Magdelburg Bremen Köln Augsburg Stuttgart Boulogne Folkston Walkemühle School, Academy (ISK) Denmark Welwyn Garden City Rochester, NY Buenos Aires Liverpool Rockefeller Center (NY) Ulm Strasbourg Argentina Leblon State of Santa Catarina Blumenau, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre Copacabana Events Mentioned in the Book Treaty of Versailles World War I Hitler becomes chancellor January 30, 1933 Kapp Putsch (uprising to overthrow the government) May 1, 1934 New day of Work Saar Basin Referendum Article 109 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic struck down April 1933 1937 Civil Service Political Unreliability Law Stalin's 5 Year Plan Stalin's 100 Year Plan Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling Voyage of the S.S. St. Louis World War II Other Things of Note Reinhart Letters Köhler Method |