Anna Liebheart

History Nina and Johan Liebert were born as a result of the Eugenics Experiment organized by Franz Bonaparta in the early 1970s. After their birth, she and Johan lived with their mother, Anna, whose real name is Viera Cerna, in the Three Frogs Building during their early childhood. Due to complex situational pressure (revealed later in the series), Viera wanted it to appear that she only had one child. Therefore, she dressed both Nina and Johan in girls' clothing. To make them indistinguishable, she had Johan wear hair extensions and a pink dress identical to Nina's, making it impossible to tell them apart.

Monster.png The people behind the experiment were far from finished with Nina and Johan, as the twins were the perfect "results" the project was trying to produce. In the early 1980s, when Nina was six or seven years old, Franz Bonaparta, along with Peter Čapek, made a short visit to the home of the seemingly happy family and informed Viera that they would be taking one of her children for experimentation (while the other would remain at the Three Frogs Inn out of harm's way). Her mother held her two children's hands tightly, unsure which to choose to protect and keep with her. Notably, at that time, Nina and Johan were still dressed as little girls, so it is never revealed to the audience whether or not Viera knew who was who. She first decided to send Johan, but changed her mind in an instant, letting the screaming Nina be dragged down the inn's stairs.

Nina was put in a car and taken away, where Čapek warned her not to keep secrets from Bonaparta. The next thing she knew, she found herself locked in a dark, lifeless room.

There was no sense of space in the area, and the only sounds she heard were occasional screams from somewhere in Red Rose Mansion, the building where she was being held. Unaware of the purpose of her captivity, Nina remained in solitude. Meals appeared out of nowhere, being one of the few signs that she was being cared for and the only way she could gauge the passage of time. At first she tried to keep track, but eventually lost count. Just as she was beginning to think she could no longer continue, a door opened and light filled the room. Standing before her was Franz Bonaparte.

He extended his hand towards her, declaring that people can become whatever they wish to be. Frightened, Nina escaped and wandered through the mansion's hallways, constantly encountering adults who admired her beauty and perfection, delighted with the successful results of his experiment. Later, she entered Maria Teresa's Hall, where all the adults had gathered to toast. She stood there, half-listening to their words, before Bonaparte entered with the wine. As they drank, one by one, the forty-two people in that room began to collapse to the floor; poisoned. Terrified, Nina began to tremble, especially when Bonaparte, the only one left alive and the obvious executioner, approached her. He gently touched her face, told her to forget everything she had seen, and then added that neither she nor her brother should become monsters. Still trembling, Nina ran out of the mansion as fast as she could, not even noticing when the rose bushes she passed through on her way out scraped her right arm.

When she arrived at the Three Frogs, her arm was covered in blood. Upon reuniting with Johan, Nina revealed all the details of her trip, accidentally omitting Bonaparte's comment about how the two should never become monsters. Through these traumatic childhood episodes, Nina's memory became confused. At the age of ten, she was confused about her identity and in her hazy recollection, she no longer remembered whether she was the one taken to the mansion or, as Johan himself thought, if her brother had been taken to the mansion in her place.

Start of the trip The two stayed at Three Frogs until their mother returned. Upon her arrival, she informed the twins that they would have to live alone from that moment on, causing Johan to burst into tears. Nina persistently consoled him: "Don't cry, don't cry!" Then, no longer content with waiting alone, the two abandoned Three Frogs, not knowing where their path would lead them. Weak from hunger, they encountered a couple in the middle of the field. The couple fed Nina and Johan, then watched them play in the grass while contemplating the possibility of adopting the twins. When Nina wasn't looking, Johan, fearing being controlled or manipulated by another pair of adults who claimed to love and care for them, mercilessly slit the couple's throats. Turning to Nina, preoccupied with admiring the flowers, Johan simply told her that they had returned home and that he would always be with her. Then the two continued their journey. Traveling a considerable distance, they approached the brink of death near the Czech-German border. Exhausted, Nina collapsed to the ground, begging Johan to say her name one last time before she died. Before collapsing beside her as well, Johan told her that they had no name and belonged to no one. Together they lay, unconscious and destined to die in their barren wasteland, which triggered "The Setting for Judgment Day".

Luck was on their side. Both were rescued by General Helmut Wolf, an officer passing by who saw them collapsed in the field. Saving their lives, he named them "Johan" and "Anna." Both stayed with Wolf, but Johan was distrustful of him, acting out enough to frighten Johan, frightening the man enough to send the twins to separate orphanages: Johan to the infamous Kinderheim 511 and Anna to Erna Tietze's.

In Another Monster, Tietze described Anna as a sweet and kind girl whom he hoped would have a bright future. He said that although Johan was a "monster," it was thanks to him that Anna could be adopted. In the orphanage, Anna behaved appropriately, being considered an ideal inmate; her only oddity was that she periodically expressed a strange psychological connection with her distant brother Johan, somehow able to accurately describe his grim circumstances and even predict the fall of Kinderheim.

A "happy home" with the Lieberts After Kinderheim burned to the ground, former trade advisor Michael Liebert and his wife adopted the twins. The couple originally only wanted to adopt Johan, but after he refused to go anywhere without his sister, Anna was also given a place in the family.

One day, Franz Bonaparte saw them on the television news; Mr. Liebert's appearance was sensational, as he had just fled to West Germany right after picking up the twins. This fact inspired Bonaparte to decide to visit them. Intending to silently assess the progress of the communist's experiment, he broke into the house and entered their room simply to observe them while they slept, unaware that Johan was awake. Thinking that the "monster" had returned to take them, Johan murdered the Lieberts, presumably in self-defense amidst the confusion. The gunshots woke Anna, who found her brother standing with a gun in his hand. He told her to shoot him so the monster couldn't catch her too, and she obeyed his order. Some of their neighbors heard the commotion and called the police. Upon their arrival at the scene, the two children were rushed to the hospital.

Johan received treatment from Doctor Tenma while Anna was in shock, unable to remember anything except that the sight of her brother covered in blood and with a gunshot wound to the head was horrific. In the days following their separate recoveries, Johan, inspired by hearing the frustrated wish of the man who saved his life, murdered three of Tenma's superiors, causing the two children to flee the hospital. Shortly afterwards, they found refuge with taxi driver Reinhard Dinger for a few days before continuing their journey.

The Fortners Johan and Anna travel to Heidelberg, where they temporarily stay with Christianne and Erich Fortner. After a few months, Johan leaves Anna with her new parents, her memory erased, and tells them he will return for his sister in May 1995 for her 20th birthday. In her new home and plagued by amnesia due to the disturbing circumstances, Anna adopts the new name "Nina Fortner," believing herself to be the only child of her new parents.

Nina starts anew with a new life. The Fortners treat her as if she were their own daughter, never revealing the fact that she was actually adopted. The couple even go so far as to invent false...

Nina's childhood photos were kept so she wouldn't think something was wrong when she realized she couldn't remember anything before the age of ten. Nina continued to live a happy and peaceful life, graduating at the top of her high school class before enrolling at the local Heidelberg University. During her studies, she worked part-time as a pizza delivery person, which mostly resulted in her arriving late to class. Carefree and happy, her idyllic days were clouded when she began receiving anonymous emails from a man telling her that "he was born to suffocate her with roses." Initially flattered and believing she had a secret admirer, Nina quickly began to feel haunted by a strange premonition, sensing that a dark past was pursuing her. Shaking off the alarms of her intuition, she agreed to meet the mysterious admirer at Heidelberg Castle, under the illusion that her prince charming on a white horse had finally arrived.

Murder at 16 Necker Street. Meanwhile, Dr. Tenma, whose career had been ruined, recently encountered Johan as an adult and discovered his treacherous acts as a cold-blooded killer. He was led to Heidelberg after receiving a clue from a blind old man. With the help of Jacob Mauler, he uncovers Nina's connection to Johan and tracks down her whereabouts. The two visit the Fortner residence, who tell them Nina is out with a friend and will be home soon. Completely aware of who her "friend" is, Tenma rushes out in a panic, hurriedly asking Mr. Mauler to call the police immediately.

Upon arriving at the castle, Tenma encounters Nina and tries to explain that she is in danger. Initially unconvinced by the delusional madness of a stranger, Nina nevertheless manages to save his life, preventing a nearby gardener (on guard under Johan's orders) from attempting to kill him. The two tie up the man and return to Nina's house. On the way, Tenma reveals who he is and addresses her as Anna. This throws Nina into confusion, but she slowly begins to remember fragments of her past. They arrive at the Fortner residence a little late and find the bodies of the Fortner couple and Mr. Mauler lifeless on the floor. Minutes later, two policemen appear at the door saying they are taking Tenma and Nina into custody for questioning at the police station, as they are the first witnesses at the crime scene.

In the car, Tenma realizes through several clues that these men are, in fact, the true murderers of Nina's parents. Remaining calm, he asks them if he and Nina can get out of the car to get some air when they reach a security checkpoint. They agree, and upon reaching the spot, instead of staying put, Tenma grabs Nina tightly and jumps off a bridge with her to escape. Fleeing for their lives, the two manage to evade their pursuers and stay in a small shack not far from the city for several days. Here, they connect and learn more about each other, but when Tenma ventures into the city to make a stop at the police station to gather more information, Nina disappears, leaving behind a farewell letter and some sandwiches.

Mission of revenge Nina's motivation at this point in her life is consumed by revenge; refusing to allow her parents' murderers to go unpunished.

On her own, she remembers that one of her law professors had been investigating a suspect known as Rosso, and that in all the cases he had been involved in, all charges against Rosso were dropped due to lack of evidence. Her professor theorized that the murders were carried out by a world-class hitman and suspected Rosso was that man. Hoping he will teach her how to kill without getting caught, Nina decides to track him down. Through her investigation, she discovers he lives in a small German village and owns an Italian restaurant.

Disguising herself as a visiting university student, she applies for a job there under the name "Anna Liebert," and he hires her without hesitation. Nina's kind smile and gentle presence are instantly a hit with the customers, and Rosso's small business suddenly becomes much more popular. However, she soon realizes that he has become a different man. Seeing him happy and content, she decides she doesn't want to involve him with her desire to use a weapon, knowing that part of her life was over. Instead, she takes a couple of hours off work every day to practice at a nearby shooting range. Over time, she becomes quite skilled with firearms and determines that her skills are sufficient for her to leave. Now equipped to defend herself and pursue her parents' killers, Nina also intends to learn more about her past and Johan's current whereabouts.

Her investigations lead her to Frankfurt, where she learns about "The Baby," a dwarf who is part of a

A neo-Nazi group attempts to recruit Johan as their leader. Working as a prostitute, she manages to attract the organization's attention. However, before she can carry out her plan, she is captured by the group at Professor Goedelitz's mansion. At the estate, Nina learns of the group's plans to burn down the Turkish district and then, while attempting to escape, discovers that an unknown assailant murdered Goedelitz and his subordinates. After scaring "The Baby" quite a bit and obtaining misinformation about the location of the next fires, she meets Dieter, Otto Heckel, and later, Tenma. Working together, they thwart the organization's plans and save the Turkish district. Tenma and the others flee immediately afterward, but Nina stays and acts as a witness. After her interrogation, she meets Rosso, who tells her that he is her guardian from that moment on.

The two visit a restaurant where they confront each other about their past. Rosso tells her he knew she came to him because she wants to use his skills or have him teach them to her. He directly asks her why she never told him anything about the matter. He adds that he knew the name she gave him, Anna Liebert, was an alias and that her real name is Nina Fortner. She tells him she thought it was best not to involve him in her revenge plan. Understanding and appreciating this, Rosso then sees her off at Frankfurt's central station. In Frankfurt, Nina tracks down Michael Muller, one of the men involved in her parents' murder, who had moved to Nice, France.

The two visit a restaurant where they confront each other about their past. Rosso tells her he knew she came to him because she wants to use his skills or have him teach them to her. He directly asks her why she never told him anything about the matter. He adds that he knew the name she gave him, Anna Liebert, was an alias and that her real name is Nina Fortner. She tells him she thought it was best not to involve him in her revenge plan. Understanding and appreciating this, Rosso then sees her off at Frankfurt's central station. In Frankfurt, Nina tracks down Michael Muller, one of the men involved in her parents' murder, who had moved to Nice, France.

from the car. With a gun pointed at Muller, she gives him two choices: to be shot or to fall off a cliff. Faced with this, he begins to cry, begging her not to take away the life he made with his wife and stepson. Miraculously, Nina manages to forgive him, but Roberto captures her shortly afterwards; acting on his own and deciding that it would be better to kill Nina (supposedly a choice against Johan's wishes). Muller wants to repay her for allowing him to survive and comes to Nina's rescue at the last moment. He kills several men, but he himself is shot in the stomach. The two were last seen driving back to their home, with Muller weak and bleeding from his wound. In Another Monster, it is revealed that he could not save Muller.

In Munich The men who nearly killed Nina inform her that Johan lives in Munich. She goes to the city and searches for clues using the computer resources of the Munich University library. One day, Lotte Frank, a student who also spends a lot of time researching in the library and is curious about Nina, approaches her. Discovering they are researching the same subject (Margot Langer), the two decide to compare notes, which later leads to a mutual friendship. During this blossoming friendship and study periods, Lotte confides in her about her problems with her boyfriend, and they even attend a dance together (although this makes Nina very uncomfortable). Lotte notices that Nina bears a striking resemblance to her friend, Johan, and confronts her about it, asking if they are twins, and then shows Nina a copy of The Nameless Monster; the book Johan was reading before his fainting spell that took him out of university. Nina reads the book and then demands to know where Johan is. She finds out he's in Schuwald's book.

At the donation ceremony, he rushes to the library, only to find it engulfed in flames. Nina breaks in and then sees Tenma. The two refuse to allow the other to shoot Johan, and he escapes after a burning curtain falls on Nina. Tenma saves her and she is admitted to a hospital. Not long after, Nina leaves the hospital and undergoes psychological therapy with Dr. Julius Reichwein and Dr. Rudy Gillen. Although she doesn't fully recover, she goes to Prague, with Dieter accompanying her, to see what other memories she can recall.

In Prague Simultaneously with Nina's arrival in Prague, a mysterious woman named Anna Liebert is seen assassinating members of the Czech Secret Police and individuals involved with Kinderheim 511. This same woman also spends time at a bar, meeting Jan Suk. The audience is led to believe this woman is Nina, until episode 44, when it is revealed that the culprit is actually Johan disguised as his sister. The real Nina arrives in Prague several days after these events. She finds...

She is extremely confused when people she doesn't even know address her as Anna, wish her good night, or ask how she is. She and Dieter locate the Three Frogs and frequently visit the abandoned building, recalling all sorts of different memories about her past. Later, the couple encounters the Red Rose Mansion. After entering Maria Teresa's Hall, the painful memory of seeing the poisoned corpses causes Nina to faint.

Jaromir Lipski Dieter panics and starts shouting his name when Jaromír Lipsky, a, approaches him.

a puppeteer who happened to be visiting the mansion simultaneously with their night excursion. They take Nina to the hospital, then, after she is well enough to leave, Lipsky invites them both to his apartment and tells them they can stay as long as they want. Nina learns that Lipsky owns a large collection of children's picture books by Jakub Farobek, Emil Scherbe and Klaus Poppe, and that he was even an early reading student.

seminars held in the mansion (however, she learns that he was fired because he was deemed "not superior"). The three spend months together, laughing and having fun as much as remembering painful memories. Then, one day, Nina informs them that it's time for her and Dieter to leave. Lipsky says goodbye through a puppet show based on Nina's memories. Her story is about a girl who had lost her memory and was chasing a demon, and being chased by a demon. The girl, despite her difficulties, was fun and beautiful. She also loved to sing and dance. The girl was on a quest... a quest for a happy ending. Lipsky concludes the play, unsure what kind of ending he would receive, but sharing that he knew it would be good.

About the recovery of his memories Nina returns to the apartment where she lived with her mother and Johan as children. There, she recalls another memory. She then returns to Munich, where Dr. Reichwein, Dr. Gillen, Karl, and Lotte await her. Once there, she requests to be hypnotized to reconstruct all her collected memories. After attacking Dr. Gillen in a hypnotic rage, she leaves Dr. Reichwein's house two days later to try and prevent Tenma from killing her brother. She revisits Frankfurt and learns about Peter Čapek, the man present when her mother was forced to make a decision similar to "Sophie's Choice," and investigates his movements. However, Čapek's organization is one step ahead of her, approaching her first and keeping her captive, using Nina's life as insurance in case any conflict arises between them and Johan. After a direct confrontation with Čapek, she almost takes his life, but decides not to become a murderer. Čapek reveals to her that she and Johan are the product of a eugenics experiment designed to create a "perfect" race, to support the communist efforts of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War. He then takes her to an abandoned building where she can find her brother.

"Welcome home" Nina finally confronts Johan directly for the first time since their childhood. As she speaks about their past, Johan shares his memory of going to the Red Rose Mansion, describing how he was held captive in a room before witnessing a multitude of people massacred by poisoned wine. Nina exclaims how wrong he is and how this memory belongs to her. Trembling and confused, she points the gun at Johan standing over her. However, she fails to shoot Johan, unable to kill her own brother whom she still cherishes and values. After his disappearance, in a frenzied mental state, she almost takes her own life, but Tenma stops her, having been tracking her. She confides in Tenma, sharing a prediction that she and Johan will destroy each other someday. In response, the kind doctor promises he will never allow such a thing to happen. The two leave the building, dejected by their recent experiences and newly found revelations. They briefly encounter Peter Čapek, who gives Tenma a clue they've discovered about Johan's next move: the execution of Franz Bonaparta. Nina is taken to a hospital to recover from her psychological trauma. Here, she enjoys several visits from Tenma. During these periods, Tenma reveals that he met a man named...

Jaromir Lipsky (the puppeteer Nina stayed with), whom they discovered to be Franz Bonaparte's son. Through Jaromir, they learned of Johan's whereabouts. In return, Nina warns the doctor and tells him that the event Johan is orchestrating will surely lead to his suicide.

Ruhenheim After Tenma leaves, Nina receives another email from her brother saying, "I'll be waiting for you in Ruhenheim." Rising from her sickbed, she persistently requests Dr. Gillen and Dr. Reichwein to let her go. They finally agree, on the condition that Gillen accompanies her and that she cannot carry a weapon. They arrive in Ruhenheim during the Ruhenheim massacre initiated by Johan. Amidst the chaos, Wim Knaup mentions to Nina that she resembles the girl in the sketches stored in "The Vampire's House" on the outskirts of the city. Curious, she and Gillen venture there, believing they might find Johan. Discovering the sketches triggers a flood of memories, connecting her past experiences and helping Nina reconstruct the lost fragments of her mind, memories that had been mentally protected due to her tragic separation from her brother, both by choice of their mother, and once again after her hospital stay following the death of the Lieberts. One of the most important forgotten reminiscences was Franz Bonaparta telling her years ago that she and Johan shouldn't become monsters. Nina forgot to pass that detail (and the intended implication Bonaparta meant with that phrase) to her twin at Three Frogs that day, now blaming herself for everything that had happened. At the last moment, she rushes to the city and prevents Tenma from shooting Johan, forced to end the life of the monster he feels responsible for bringing back to life, echoing the dilemma within the complex between a creator and a flawed creation. If she had arrived a second later, it might have been too late. Nina boldly confronts her brother and tells Johan that she forgives him for everything he has done and who he has become, expressing how she accepts and loves him no matter what has happened. However, Johan rejects her rational and emotional outpouring of compassion, abjectly stating that there are things that cannot be undone no matter what. Shortly after, amidst a conversation between Nina and Tenma, Johan tempts Tenma to shoot him by threatening the life of a child when the child's drunk father, Herbert Knaup, abruptly shoots him in the head. When Detective Heinrich Lunge suggests that Tenma operate on Johan's head wound, Nina joins him in encouraging him to do so, emphasizing that the kind doctor was not wrong to save Johan a decade ago and that he was not wrong to choose to save him again.

The end. At the end of the series, Nina is seen preparing to graduate from university and attend law school to become a lawyer. Although her brother is now in a coma, she seems to have overcome her childhood trauma and the recent horrific events, focusing on cultivating a life alongside her loved ones. In her final scene, she receives a call from Dieter, informing her that Tenma will be visiting them. Upon hearing the news, she runs home with an excited smile on her face, full of hope for the future.