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Brother
The narrator’s younger brother does not play much of a role in the story but is part of her memories of a happy childhood before the war and Germany’s defeat.
Grandfather
The narrator’s grandfather is also with the narrator and her family. In the absence of the narrator’s father, who, if the family represented in the story is indeed drawn from Wolf’s own life, is in a Russian prisoner of war camp, the grandfather becomes the man responsible for providing food and shelter and safety for the family.
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