02545cam a2200433 i 4500 1556812160 TxAuBib 20240902120000.0 240415s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024016411 9781250282484 HRD 29.00 1250282489 HRD 29.00 (OCoLC)1414163858 TxAuBib rda Balson, Ronald H., author. A place to hide / Ronald H. Balson. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. 293 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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, whohas 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. 20240909. jz. World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Netherlands Fiction. Diplomats United States Fiction. Americans Netherlands Fiction. Jewish refugees Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Adoption Fiction. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Fiction. Amsterdam (Netherlands) Fiction. Netherlands Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. War fiction.