{"title":"Ronald H. Balson","description":"RONALD H. BALSON is an attorney, professor, and writer. His novel The Girl From Berlin won the National Jewish Book Award and was the Illinois Reading Council's adult fiction selection for the Illinois Reads program. He is also the author of Eli's Promise, a Target Book Club selection, A Place to Hide, An Affair of Spies, Defending Britta Stein, Karolina's Twins, The Trust, Saving Sophie, and the international bestseller,  Once We Were Brothers. He lives in Chicago.","products":[{"product_id":"the-righteous-hardcover","title":"The Righteous - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and National Jewish Book Award-winning author: a gripping novel of foreboding, betrayal, heroism, and hope set in World War II Budapest\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe's Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured, or killed by Hitler. Only Hungary, and its almost 900,000 Jews, remained free from Hitler's subjugation. They lived under government edicts and restrictions but without fear of harm. That changed in March 1944, after the Nazi defeat at Stalingrad, as an avaricious Hitler conquered Hungary and declared his plan for mass extermination of the Jewish people. With the notorious Adolf Eichmann supervising the process, Nazis began rounding up Hungary's Jewish population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this dramatic new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e, Theresa Weissbach, a professor at the University of Michigan, hasn't heard from her parents in Budapest for over a year. Her best friend, Julia Powers, recently awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for her OSS service in occupied Holland, joins with her to locate and rescue Theresa's family. While there, they become involved in a much larger cause, trying to save as many people as they can. Theresa's father, a leader of the Budapest Jewish community, accompanies them in a desperate effort to rescue their people. Working alongside the newly formed US War Refugee Board, diplomats from neutral nations, and leaders of underground rescue organizations, Julia and Theresa forge relationships with Swiss Vice Consul Carl Lutz and Swedish businessman, Raoul Wallenberg. Their skills and connections in the complex networks of public and secret diplomacy enable Julia, Theresa, and others to take enormous risks in an effort to save thousands of innocent lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthentic, suspenseful, and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e continues Ronald H. Balson's fictional exploration of World War II and the heroic actions of those who resisted Hitler's Master Plan.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102775939295,"sku":"9781250373083","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Wn2rkI3YRA9781250373083.webp?v=1781087336"},{"product_id":"a-place-to-hide-paperback","title":"A Place to Hide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the National Jewish Book Award, a novel of heroism and resistance during World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheodore \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeddy'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePowerful and dramatic, National Jewish Book Award winner Ronald H. Balson's \u003ci\u003eA Place to Hide\u003c\/i\u003e explores the deeply-moving actions of an ordinary man who resolves, under perilous circumstances, to make a difference.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102804709599,"sku":"9781250397157","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/mFU6uVo6Yh9781250397157.webp?v=1781087389"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ronald-h-balson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}