The father and founder of the Hotel New Hampshire. He relocates the family to Vienna to run a friend's gasthaus. He is temporarily blinded in a terrorist car bombing outside the hotel, survives the attack, and later approves his son John's relationship with Susie.
Ernst's radical activities and resemblance to past trauma create a central conflict for the family.
Win inherits the family legacy and hotel enterprise following his grandfather's passing.
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