Hans Hubermann
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Liesel Meminger
Quote 1
"You know, Liesel? I nearly wrote you a reply and signed your mother's name. […] But I couldn't. I couldn't bring myself." (16.1)
Hans demonstrates that sometimes love simply means telling the truth. Love is behind Hans' desire to shield Liesel from the fact that her mother is dead, but the truth is much more helpful. When she learns that Hitler is at the root of her mother's disappearance, she learns to see Nazism for what it is.