The Light of Days
Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance - Their Untold Story
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2021
Summary
Judy Batalion, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, discovered an extraordinary story of women who fought the Nazis. The “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with Nazis, bought them off with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, and shot and killed them. They helped the sick and taught the kids, and they bombed German train lines and blew up Vilna’s water supply.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349011578 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349011575 |
| Author: | Judy Batalion |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 48mm |
| Series: | Language Acts and Worldmaking |
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Resounding … a vigorous narrative that draws on interviews, diaries and other sources … a story much in need of telling * Kirkus Review * Original and compelling, an untold story of rare and captivating power
About The Author
Judy Batalion
Judy Batalion is the author of WHITE WALLS: A MEMOIR ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, DAUGHTERHOOD AND THE MESS IN BETWEEN. She has written for the New York Times, Vogue, the Washington Post and many other publications. Prior to her writing career, she was an academic and is fluent in both Yiddish and Hebrew.
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