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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 inspired 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 heart of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis.With courage, guile and nerves of steel, these 'ghetto girls' smuggled guns in loaves of bread and coded intelligence messages in their plaited hair. They helped build life-saving systems of underground bunkers and sustained thousands of Jews in safe hiding places. They bribed Gestapo guards with liquor, assassinated Nazis and sabotaged German supply lines.
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The Light of Days, Judy Batalion
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- The Light of Days
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Judy Batalion
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 576
- ISBN10
- 0349011575
- ISBN13
- 9780349011578
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, Holocaust, Concentration camps, Resistance, Anti-Fascist Resistance, Auschwitz (Concentration Camp), Warsaw, Krakow, Women and War, Vilnius, Treblinka (Extermination Camp)
- First published
- 2021
- Original title
- The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- 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 inspired 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 heart of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis.With courage, guile and nerves of steel, these 'ghetto girls' smuggled guns in loaves of bread and coded intelligence messages in their plaited hair. They helped build life-saving systems of underground bunkers and sustained thousands of Jews in safe hiding places. They bribed Gestapo guards with liquor, assassinated Nazis and sabotaged German supply lines.