The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos / Judy Batalion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batalion, Judith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.

World War, 1939-1945.

Jewish women in the Holocaust.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Poland.

Jews--Persecutions--Poland.

Jews.

Jews--Persecutions.

World War, 1939-1945--Poland.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, [2020]

Summary:

"One of the most important untold stories of World War II. The light of days is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who helped weaponize Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--some still in their teens--became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis"--Jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction: Battle-axes

Prologue: Flash forward

defense or rescue?

Part 1: Ghetto girls. Po-lin ; From the fire, to the fire ; Founding the female fight ; To see another morning

terror in the ghetto ; The Warsaw Ghetto

education and the word ; From spirit to blood

becoming the ZOB ; The days of wandering

homeless to housekeeper ; To turn to stone ; The black ravens ; Three lines in history

a Krakówian Christmas surprise ; 1943, a new year

Warsaw's minirebellion

Part 2: Devils or goddesses. In preparation ; The courier girls ; Inside the Gestapo ; The Warsaw Ghetto uprising ; Bandits in braids ; Arms, arms, arms ; Gallows ; Freedom in the forests

the partisans ; Melinas, money, and rescue ; Zaglembie's Jerusalem is burning

Part 3: "No border will stand in their way". The bunker and beyond ; The Gestapo net ; The cuckoo ; Sisters, revenge! ; The light of days ; The great escape ; "Zag nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg"

Part 4: The emotional legacy. Fear of life ; Forgotten strength ; Epilogue: A missing Jew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-536) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Women's Studies, Winner, 2021

ISBN:

0062874217

9780062874214

OCLC:

1121052829