Willi Dorsch

Willi Dorsch and his wife Erika were the Gimpels' neighbors. Willi and Heinrich Gimpel were co-workers at Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. The Gimpels and the Dorschs played bridge often.

Willi Dorsch was a good citizen of the Reich and a good Aryan, never once suspecting that Heinrich was secretly a Jew. He had a keen interest in politics, was generally quite gregarious and social, although perhaps unnecessarily boisterous. However, he and Erika began having marital problems. He began an affair with Ilse, a secretary, and Erika persued Heinrich Gimpel. Willi stayed in the marriage for the sake of the couple's children, despite frequently sleeping on the couch and arguing with his wife over the phone.