Book
The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : William Morrow, [2020]
Physical Description
xii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.