He meets his death in the camp when he is chosen for execution. He implores the villagers not to resist but to place their faith in God. He acts as a spiritual and community leader when the villagers are rounded up by the Nazis. One of the four girls Hannah (as Chaya) meets before Shmuel's wedding. Rachel perishes before reaching the camp, resulting in Hannah's great guilt and sorrow. RachelĪ girl about Chaya's age who tells Hannah she will be her best friend. It is finally revealed that Aunt Eva and Rivka are the same person. Hannah initially pities her for never having married, though Hannah acknowledges her beauty. Hannah learns that she is named after Aunt Eva's dead friend, Chaya. Hannah's father's sister and Hannah's favorite aunt. He eventually moves to Israel and becomes a politician, joining the Knesset, the Israeli Senate. He is the only prisoner who manages to escape during a breakout attempt and joins a resistance movement to fight the Nazis.
Obviously interested in her, he bends to any of her wishes, hoping to please her. The butcher who is hoping to marry Gitl, though she has no interest in him. She names the organization CHAYA after her niece. Gitl is one of the few to survive, eventually moving to Israel and starting a charity to help Holocaust survivors reunite with family members. Though she never marries or has children of her own, she acts as a foster mother to Chaya during their time in the camp. The attempt is thwarted and Shmuel is executed by firing squad along with Fayge. Shmuel is strong and presents a brave face to the Nazi soldiers, leading an escape attempt from the camp. Gitl's sister and the soon-to-be husband of Fayge. Hannah and her family come to her home for the Passover Seder tradition. Hannah's grandmother and the wife of Grandpa Will.
After her experiences in Poland in the past, Hannah learns that Grandpa Will is Rivka's brother, Wolfe. Hannah comes to be somewhat afraid of and embarrassed by him.
His memories of the Holocaust are deeply rooted in his mind. Grandpa WillĪ Holocaust survivor who sometimes causes his family some discomfort when he rants about his experiences. He struggles with the task of the Four Questions during the Seder dinner but Hannah helps him to the best of her ability. Through this process Hannah comes to appreciate her own history and that of her family. During a Seder dinner she is suddenly transported to Poland in 1942 where she inhabits the life of her own distant relative, Chaya Abramowicz, who sacrifices herself to save Rivka. She is disinterested in, and even embarrassed by, her Jewish heritage and family. Hannah is a young Jewish girl who lives with her family in New Rochelle, NY.
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