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. They
lived under government edicts and restrictions but without fear of
harm. 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. While
there, they become involved in a much larger cause, trying to save as
many people as they can. Theresa’s father, a leader of the Budapest
Jewish community, accompanies them in a desperate effort to rescue
their people. Working alongside the newly formed US War Refugee Board,
diplomats from neutral nations, and leaders of underground rescue
organizations, Julia and Theresa forge relationships with Swiss Vice
Consul Carl Lutz and Swedish businessman, Raoul Wallenberg. Their
skills and connections in the complex networks of public and secret
diplomacy enable Julia, Theresa, and others to take enormous risks in
an effort to save thousands of innocent lives.
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