Twelve-year-old protagonist navigating post-war Berlin. He attempts to support his destitute family through black market work, interacts with his former teacher, and ultimately poisons his bedridden father to end his suffering. Haunted by guilt and societal rejection, he wanders the ruins before taking his own life.
Edmund is the devoted but increasingly desperate son of the ailing father.
Eva is Edmund's older sister who shares the household's desperate circumstances.
Karl-Heinz is Edmund's older brother whose absence forces Edmund into premature adulthood.
Teacher is Edmund's former educator who re-emerges as a corrupting influence.
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