They distributed underground bulletins, bombed German supply trains, organized soup kitchens, and bore witness to the unfathomable horrors happening to the Jews. They bribed Nazis with booze and sweets, and shot and killed them. It was a Yiddish thriller, telling the story of Polish-Jewish “ghetto girls,” who paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in teddy bears, and helped build elaborate underground bunkers. I opened it expecting mourning and gloom. Even more unusual, I happen to speak Yiddish. Over a decade ago, I was researching strong Jewish women at the British Library and came across the 1946 Women in the Ghettos, an unusual, dusty, 200-page book-in Yiddish. As we celebrate publication we welcome author Judy Batalion to the blog to share her experience of researching and writing The Light of Days. 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 inspired Poland’s Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis.
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