The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos Cover Image

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

Batalion, Judith, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0062874217
ISBN: 9780062874214
Physical Description: xii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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.