Max Vandenburg
Max is the son of the Jew who saved Hans Hubbermans life. During the Holocaust Max goes into hiding and seeks help from Hans. Max spends his time hiding under the basement stairs hidden behind a wall of paint. He paints on the walls and pages of Mein Kampf to make stories for Liesel. When the bomb raids start Max gets out of the basement and watches the night when everyone else is hiding. After Hans helps a Jew he is afraid that the Nazis will come and take him and his family he sends Max away. Max is later captured and sent to a concentration camp. While on a death walk Max sees Liesel and they hug but they are later split apart and whipped. Max is later liberated and finds Liesel and hug for the first time in years.