A Place to Hide

A Novel

De: Ronald H. Balson

Narrado por: Fred Berman

From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award

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.

Powerful and dramatic, National Jewish Book Award winner Ronald H. Balson’s A Place to Hide explores the deeply-moving actions of an ordinary man who resolves, under perilous circumstances, to make a difference.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2024 Ronald H. Balson (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

En credible

I was born 8 years after the 2nd WW in Amsterdam and raised in Utrecht. I knew about the history of the saved children through the Jewish daycare center but this history was made so vivid written in a novel.

enchantingly told, moving story

a memorable book, the story of a American consular agent turned OSS agent in the Netherlands during World War who helped his Jewish children.

incredible story.

beautiful written and narrated. i loved every page of this story! Highly recommend this audio book!

Great pre war story of survival

Nazi hate
Is still alive and scary so terrifying in its truth. People helping people

Riveting Story

A moving story which highlights the trauma & suffering endured by families during the German occupation. It was brilliantly read & the readers’s many accents made this story so easy to listen to. A big fan of R H Balson.

Another Masterpiece

Balson does it again! Every one of his stories literally transports the reader to the time in history and reveals a wonderful cast of characters and new friends. Thank you!

Love Ronald Balson

I’ve loved every one of Ronald Balson’s books and Fred Berman is one of my favorite narrators!!

JUST WOW

Another powerful book from Ronald. He writes the best WW11 books. Pieces from parts of the war nobody thinks of

A new view of ww2

Loved this book as I have all Ronald Baldom books. A different perspective of the war

The fierce love & compassion for their country & humankind! No place to Hide, by Ronald Balson

I enjoyed the fast pace &that the story was told by someone who loved the country & saved hundreds of children from the Nazis! This was unputdownable!