August Habermann (played by Mark Waschke) is a protagonist in Habermann.
August is a wealthy mill owner in the Sudetenland who employs both Germans and Czechs and supports peaceful coexistence. He protects his Czech workers, opposes Nazi brutality, sacrifices his family's jewelry to save hostages, and refuses to flee his home. He is ultimately lynched by a Czech mob. Jan Březina (played by Karel Roden) appears in Habermann.
Jan is August's Czech best friend and a forester who repeatedly warns him about the danger facing Czechs and later urges him to leave the Sudetenland. After liberation, Jan helps Jana preserve August's memory by returning a wedding gift, and he accuses the mayor of leading the lynching mob. Koslowski (played by Ben Becker) appears in Habermann.
Koslowski is a brutal SS Sturmbannführer who arrives after the Sudetenland is transferred to Germany. He abuses Czech workers, pressures August into selling flour at cost, kills a bookkeeper, orders retaliatory executions, and sends Jana and her daughter to a concentration camp despite accepting August's bribe. Jana Habermannová (played by Hannah Herzsprung) appears in Habermann.
Jana is August's Czech wife, later revealed to be half-Jewish through her father. She removes Hans from a military train after he is wounded, supports August in rejecting his return to war, and is sent to a concentration camp with her daughter. They escape, but are later expelled toward Bavaria. Hans Habermann (played by Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht) appears in Habermann.
Hans is August's younger brother and an ardent Nazi who joins the Wehrmacht after graduating from the Hitler Youth. Badly wounded in 1944, he is taken off a train by Jana and becomes a deserter. Although he wants to return to the war, August and Jana insist that he has suffered enough. Eliška Mašková (played by Zuzana Kronerová) appears in Habermann.
Eliška is August's housekeeper and Mašek's mother. The story reveals that she was Wilhelm Habermann's mistress, making Mašek August's half-brother. After liberation, she loots the Habermann safe but presents this to Mašek as the recovery of his rightful inheritance. Buchhalter Hora (played by Jaromír Dulava) appears in Habermann.
Buchhalter Hora is the Czech bookkeeper at August's mill. When anti-German pamphlets predicting Germany's defeat appear in 1943, Koslowski responds by killing him. His death demonstrates the escalating political terror imposed on Czech civilians and the danger surrounding August's employees.
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Characters
August Habermann
(played by Mark Waschke) — protagonist
August is a wealthy mill owner in the Sudetenland who employs both Germans and Czechs and supports peaceful coexistence. He protects his Czech workers, opposes Nazi brutality, sacrifices his family's...
Jan Březina
(played by Karel Roden) — supporting
Jan is August's Czech best friend and a forester who repeatedly warns him about the danger facing Czechs and later urges him to leave the Sudetenland. After liberation, Jan helps Jana preserve August'...
Koslowski
(played by Ben Becker) — supporting
Koslowski is a brutal SS Sturmbannführer who arrives after the Sudetenland is transferred to Germany. He abuses Czech workers, pressures August into selling flour at cost, kills a bookkeeper, orders r...
Jana Habermannová
(played by Hannah Herzsprung) — supporting
Jana is August's Czech wife, later revealed to be half-Jewish through her father. She removes Hans from a military train after he is wounded, supports August in rejecting his return to war, and is sen...
Hans Habermann
(played by Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht) — supporting
Hans is August's younger brother and an ardent Nazi who joins the Wehrmacht after graduating from the Hitler Youth. Badly wounded in 1944, he is taken off a train by Jana and becomes a deserter. Altho...
Eliška Mašková
(played by Zuzana Kronerová) — supporting
Eliška is August's housekeeper and Mašek's mother. The story reveals that she was Wilhelm Habermann's mistress, making Mašek August's half-brother. After liberation, she loots the Habermann safe but p...
Buchhalter Hora
(played by Jaromír Dulava) — minor
Buchhalter Hora is the Czech bookkeeper at August's mill. When anti-German pamphlets predicting Germany's defeat appear in 1943, Koslowski responds by killing him. His death demonstrates the escalatin...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
August Habermann → Buchhalter Hora
(Professional Employer)
Hora is the Czech bookkeeper at August's mill.
August Habermann → Hans Habermann
(Family Brother)
Hans is identified as August's younger brother, and August opposes Hans joining the Wehrmacht.
August Habermann → Jana Habermannová
(Romantic Spouse)
August marries Jana, and he gives her a piece of jewelry on their wedding day.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Eliška Mašková → Hans Habermann
(Unknown Estate Claimant)
Eliška claims that her son's connection to Wilhelm Habermann makes the contents of the family safe a rightful inheritance.
Eliška Mašková → August Habermann
(Conflict Estate Adversary)
After liberation, Eliška loots the Habermann family safe and gives its contents to her son as his supposed inheritance.
Jan Březina → Koslowski
(Conflict Political Opponent)
Jan warns August about Koslowski's treatment of Czech people and represents the Czech community threatened by Koslowski's rule.
Jana Habermannová → Hans Habermann
(Alliance Rescuer)
Jana takes the badly wounded Hans off a train, making him a deserter.
Koslowski → Jana Habermannová
(Conflict Persecutor)
Koslowski sends Jana and her daughter to a concentration camp after learning that Jana's father was Jewish.
Koslowski → Buchhalter Hora
(Conflict Persecutor)
After anti-German defeat pamphlets appear, Koslowski kills Hora, the Czech bookkeeper at the mill.
August Habermann → Koslowski
(Conflict Adversary)
Koslowski mistreats Czech workers, pressures August to sell flour cheaply, and later breaks his promise to stop the executions.
August Habermann → Jan Březina
(Social Close Friend)
Jan is described as August's best Czech friend and repeatedly warns him about the changing political situation.
Story Analysis
A mill owner tries to preserve human solidarity while German occupation, war, and postwar revenge destroy his family and community.
