Eli's promise, Ronald H. Balson
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Eli's promise, Ronald H. Balson
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Eli's promise
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Ronald H. Balson
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1939: Eli Rosen lives with his wife Esther and their young son in the Polish town of Lublin, where his family owns a construction company. As a consequence of the Nazi occupation, Eli's company is Aryanized, appropriated and transferred to Maximilian Poleski-an unprincipled profiteer who peddles favors to Lublin's subjugated residents. An uneasy alliance is formed; Poleski will keep the Rosen family safe if Eli will manage the business. Will Poleski honor his promise or will their relationship end in betrayal and tragedy? 1946: Eli resides with his son in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany hoping for a visa to America. His wife has been missing since the war. One man is sneaking around the camps selling illegal visas; might he know what has happened to her? 1965: Eli rents a room in Albany Park, Chicago. He is on a mission. With patience, cunning, and relentless focus, he navigates unfamiliar streets and dangerous political backrooms, searching for the truth. Powerful and emotional, Ronald H. Balson's Eli's Promise is a rich, rewarding novel of World War II and a husband's quest for justice
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Jewish refugees -- Germany -- Fiction
- Fiction
- War fiction
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Holocaust survivors -- Fiction
- Germany -- History -- 1945- -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews -- Fiction
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Jewish refugees -- Germany -- Fiction
- Fiction
- War fiction
- Husband and wife -- Fiction
- Holocaust survivors -- Fiction
- Germany -- History -- 1945- -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 + Jews -- Fiction
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