The Light of Days Young Readers’ Edition: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

This young readers’ edition

tells the remarkable story, largely forgotten until now, of the young Jewish

women who became resistance fighters against the Nazis during World War II. It

has already been optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture.

As their communities were being

destroyed, groups of Jewish women and teenage girls across Poland began

transforming Jewish youth groups into resistance factions. These “ghetto girls”

helped build systems of underground bunkers, paid off the Gestapo, and bombed

German train lines.

At the center of the book is

eighteen-year-old Renia Kukielka, who traveled across her war-torn country as a

weapons smuggler and messenger. Other women who joined the cause served as

armed fighters, spies, and saboteurs, all risking their lives for their

missions.

Never

before chronicled in full, this is the incredible account of the strong Jewish

women who fought back against the seemingly unstoppable Nazi regime. It follows

the women through arrests, internment, and for a lucky few, into the late 20th

century and beyond.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

© 2021 HarperCollins (Lydbog): 9780063037724

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Lydbog: 6. april 2021