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Author Batalion, Judith, author.

Title The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos / Judy Batalion.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Large Print Materials  LT 940.5318 BATALION    Check Shelf
Edition First Harper large print edition.
Large print edition.
Description xvii, 864 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rdafs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-864).
Summary "Witnesses to the murder of their families and the destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland became the nerves of a wide-ranging resistance network that fought the Nazis. The Light of Days reveals the real history of these women whose little-known feats have been eclipsed by time." -- Back cover.
Documents the essential World War II contributions of Jewish-Polish female resistance fighters, sharing the stories of courageous women who risked their lives to work against the Nazis as fighters, intelligence agents and saboteurs.
Contents Ghetto girls -- Devils or goddesses -- 'No border will stand in their way' -- The emotional legacy.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Jewish resistance -- Poland.
Jewish women in the Holocaust.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Personal narratives.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland.
Large type books.
Jewish women in the Holocaust. (OCoLC)fst00983091
Jews -- Persecutions. (OCoLC)fst00983322
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Large type books.
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
Personal narratives.
ISBN 9780062999870 (large print ; paperback)
0062999877 (large print ; paperback)
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