René Böll (b. 1948) is a German visual artist and the third son of Heinrich Böll. He is also the executor of Heinrich Böll's will and one of the founders of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Viktor Böll (1948-2009) was the nephew of Heinrich Böll and the director of the Heinrich Böll archive.

Some of Bond's letters are addressed to "Anna Peturnig," which is the pseudonym Markstein used when translating the Gulag Archipelago .

Kay Borowsky (b. 1943) is a German writer and translator.

Alla Borisovna Botnikova (b. 1924) is a Russian professor and literary specialist.

The ALsS are in the form of new year's greeting cards.

John Ellis Bowlt (b. 1943) is an art historian, author, and editor.

The enclosures consist of articles explaining the new Institute of Modern Russian Culture.

Tatiana Bratescu (1928-2011) was the daughter of Marcel and Ana Pauker.

Tatiana was married to G. Bratescu, who was a doctor and a student of the history of medicine.

TL is Markstein's letter of recommendation; enclosure is the curriculum vitae of Breschinsky, who is a faculty member at Purdue.

Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. In 1987 he won the Nobel Prize in literature.

Wanda Bronska-Pampuch (1911-1972) was a Polish and German author and actress.

Peter Brühn (1926-2009) was a German librarian and bibliographer, who specialized in the Soviet Union.

Christoph Buchwald ((b. 1951) is a German editor and publisher.