Characters
He makes a humble living as a painter and he is an avid smoker
Who is Hans Hubermann?
He is Liesel's neighbor, best friend, and eventual crush, and one of six children in the family. He dies in the Himmel Street bombing.
Who is Rudy Steiner?
The "accordion girl" and single survivor of the bombing on Himmel Street
Who is Liesel Memminger?
The gift that Death gives Liesel after he comes to collect her soul.
What is her life story, The Book Thief?
The person who takes Liesel in after her friends and family are killed
Who is Frau (Ilsa) Hermann?
She is the mayor's wife and has a very large personal library
Who is Frau (Ilsa) Hermann?
She can be strict, harsh, and cruel, but is ultimately described as having a "big heart" shown in the way she cares for her family and Max.
Who is Rosa Hubermann?
He was among the group of worn, desperate Jews who were marched through Himmel Street days before the bombing.
Who is Max Vandenberg?
The location where Liesel and Max finally reunite
What is the Steiner's suit shop?
The one thing Liesel does not do in the days after the bombing and before the funerals of her family and friends
What is bathe or wash?
He is one of Rudy's friends. He is a fearful and kind boy who has a hearing disability and a permanent twitch.
Who is Tommy Mueller?
He is sent to serve in the German army as a punishment because he would not let the Gestapo take his son. He regrets this choice for the rest of his life, as Rudy may have survived if he went away to school.
Alex Steiner
The confession that Liesel makes to Rudy (while he is alive) during part 10.
What is the fact that her family was hiding Max in the basement?
Death's final words to readers
What is "I am haunted by humans"?
The city that Liesel is living in when she dies.
What is Sydney, Australia?
He had a traumatizing experience in the German army witnessing the death of his brother, Robert. He eventually dies by suicide due to the grief.
She has an ongoing conflict with Rosa Hubermann and started the story spitting on her doorstep, but by the end, would request for Liesel to read to her.
Who is Frau Holtzapfel?
The reason why the residents of Himmel Street did not wake up before the bombing.
What is the fact that the air raid sirens did not go off in time?
The topic Death reflects on during his final conversation with Liesel
What is "beauty and brutality"?
The concentration camp that Alex Steiner and Liesel walk to regularly to look for Max.
What is Dachau?
She is a neighborhood shop owner with a nasty attitude. She makes all of the children "Heil Hitler" as they come into her shop.
Who is Frau Diller?
He is Rudy and Tommy Mueller's cruel and bigoted Hitler Youth leader who targets the two of them.
He was the person who saved Liesel from getting whipped and beaten after she tried to help Max during his forced march through town.
Who is Rudy Steiner?
The reason why souls like Papa and Liesel sit up to meet Death.
What is the fact that they have already given so much of their souls to others?
The people that Liesel sees in her mind right before she dies.
What is her husband, children, grandchildren, Hans, Rosa, and Rudy?