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A place to hide / Ronald H. Balson.

Balson, Ronald H., (author.).

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"Theodore "Teddy" Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat's career. In 1938, as Hitler's inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned to the US Consulate in Amsterdam to replace fleeing staff. Teddy's job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her. Teddy comes to realize that he holds the key to saving lives, whether five, fifty, or five hundred--and makes the dangerous and selfless decision to join with underground groups and use his position at the Consulate to rescue those with no other avenue of escape."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250282484 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 293 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.
Subject: Diplomats > Fiction.
Jews > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Netherlands > Fiction.
Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Fiction.
Netherlands > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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