Eli's promise Balson, Ronald H. creator author. text Jewish fiction. Fiction. History. Historical fiction. Jewish fiction. Historical fiction. nyu 2020 2020 First edition. monographic eng print 343 pages ; 25 cm "A 'fixer' in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later. Eli's Promise spans three eras--Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War. 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."-- Ronald H. Balson. e-gx--- e-pl--- n-us-il Holocaust survivors Fiction Husband and wife Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Jews Fiction Jewish refugees Germany Fiction Poland History Occupation, 1939-1945 Fiction Germany History 1945- Fiction Chicago (Ill.) History 19th century Fiction FICTION / Historical / World War II FICTION / Jewish Holocaust survivors Poland Occupation of Poland (Poland : 1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01353902 World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 1939-1945 fast PS3602.A628 E45 2020 813/.6 9781250271464 1250271460 9781250271471 2020016412 pda,print DLC 200407 20250318220437.7 in00004352021 eng