{"product_id":"the-light-of-days-9780349011585","title":"The Light of Days","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important untold stories of World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a soaring landmark history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland''s Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 heart of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With courage, guile and nerves of steel, these ''ghetto girls'' smuggled guns in loaves of bread and coded intelligence messages in their plaited hair. They helped build life-saving systems of underground bunkers and sustained thousands of Jews in safe hiding places. They bribed Gestapo guards with liquor, assassinated Nazis and sabotaged German supply lines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Days\u003c\/i\u003e at last reveals the real history of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginal and compelling, an untold story of rare and captivating power\u003cbr\u003eResounding . . . a vigorous narrative that draws on interviews, diaries and other sources . . . a story much in need of telling * Kirkus Review *\u003cbr\u003eJudy Batalion has written \u003cb\u003ea fascinating history\u003c\/b\u003e about a little-known group who took on the Nazis. In \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e (Virago), Batalion tells the untold story of the 'ghetto girls' who carried out espionage missions, bombed German train lines and assassinated Gestapo chiefs.\u003cb\u003e The individual tales of these courageous young women are remarkable\u003c\/b\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGroundbreaking \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003epoignant\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eBatalion's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecollective biography provides a significant \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003econtribution to Holocaust history\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Her welcome research and fluid storytelling fit a larger, still emerging historiography, which reveals the breadth of women's agency during armed conflicts and, as she writes: \"A different version of the women-in-war story\" -- Julie Wheelwright * History Today *\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the Second World War groups of Jewish women acted as couriers, smugglers, spies and partisans in the armed resistance to Nazi rule in Poland, but their stories have disappeared from that history. Judy Batalion's \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a conscious attempt to restore that missing page . . . \u003cb\u003eBatalion's book is passionately researched and written with the quick-cutting thrust of an action film\u003c\/b\u003e -- John Phipps * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudy Batalion brings to light half-forgotten tales of astounding courage\u003c\/b\u003e -- Economist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] powerful book \u003c\/b\u003e. . . encapsulates the overwhelming problems faced by young Jews in Poland during wartime . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Days\u003c\/i\u003e conjures up a world we barely know about: of Batalion's heroines, Renia and Zivia, Tosia and Frumka, Bela and Chajke. The actions of these young women, carefully brought back to life by Batalion, turn much of what we believe we know about the Holocaust on its head. -- Jenni Frazer * Jewish Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemarkable and inspiring \u003c\/b\u003e. . . thanks to Judy's meticulous research, these near century old stories of resistance in the face of overwhelming odds are about to be read once again * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eRescues a long-neglected aspect of history from oblivion, and puts paid to the idea of Jewish, and especially female, passivity during the Holocaust. It is uncompromising, written with passion - and it preserves truly significant knowledge. ... Judy Batalion has uncovered a trove of unknown or forgotten information about the Holocaust of genuine import and impact. -- Eva Hoffman * TLS *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884011106647,"sku":"9780349011585","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349011585.jpg?v=1722530026","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-light-of-days-9780349011585","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}