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Large print book

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

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 940.5318 B3282 (OSH)

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Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Physical Description

xvii, 864 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Summary

"Witnesses to the murder of their families and the destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis. The Light of Days reveals the real history of these women whose little-known feats have been eclipsed by time." -- Back cover.

Contents

  • Ghetto girls
  • Devils or goddesses
  • 'No border will stand in their way'
  • The emotional legacy.

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