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defending britta stein
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eli's promise
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europe
heroism
historical fiction
historical novel
history
holland
holocaust
jewish
judaism
nazi escape
netherlands
rescue
rescue story
resistance
ron balson
ronald balson
spies
suspensful
the girl from berlin
the netherlands
world war ii
world war two
wwii
Product details
- ISBN 9781250373083
- Weight: 488g
- Dimensions: 166 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 20 Oct 2025
- Publisher: St Martin's Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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By 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. 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.
In this dramatic new novel, The Righteous, 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. Julia and Theresa forge relationships with Swiss Vice Consul Carl Lutz, Swedish businessman, Raoul Wallenberg, and others in the underground resistance. Their skills and connections enable Julia, Theresa, and their colleagues to take enormous risks in an effort to save thousands of innocent lives.
Authentic, suspenseful, and deeply moving, The Righteous continues Ronald H. Balson’s exploration of World War II and the heroic actions of those who resisted Hitler’s Master Plan.
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.
