Judy Batalion

The Light of Days

Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance – A New York Times Bestseller

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Produktbeschreibung

A soaring landmark history that reveals the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who inspired Poland's Jewish youth groups to resist the Nazis. `Throughout 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... Batalion's book is passionately researched and written with the quick-cutting thrust of an action film -- John Phipps ? Irish Times `Brings to light half-forgotten tales of astounding courage' - Economist 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. 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. `Powerful . . . 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 `Remarkable and inspiring . . . 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

Produktdetails

• Language Acts and Worldmaking
• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 678056
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 125mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780349011585
• ISBN-10: 0349011583
• Artikelnr.: 60556964

Autorenporträt

JUDY BATALION is the author of White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood and the Mess in Between. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Forward, Vogue and many other publications. Judy has a BA in the history of science from Harvard, and a PhD in the history of art from the Courtauld Institute, University of London, and has worked as a museum curator and university lecturer. Born in Montreal, where she grew up speaking English, French, Hebrew and Yiddish, she now lives in New York with her husband and three children.

Rezensionen

"Pulses with pride and rage." - New York Times Book Review

"Well-researched and riveting." - Wall Street Journal

"Amazing...both a profoundly moving and breathtaking read." - Haaretz

"Written with passion...Batalion's research is prodigious, and her dedication to her story obvious and moving." - Boston Globe

"Gripping, haunting and superbly told...Judy Batalion brings to light half-forgotten tales of astounding courage." - The Economist

Brilliantly researched...a grand celebration of the female spirit." - Los Angeles Review of Books

"Thrilling, devastating... tells of an underground network of young Jewish women in Poland who resisted the Nazis by engaging in smuggling, sabotage, and even armed defense. Their courageous deeds, largely forgotten until now, are astounding." - Christian Science Monitor

"Hard to put down...The Light of Days is not a story but a multi-layered epic, one that rewrites the Holocaust. Drama abounds and the characters are deeply engaging. Required reading." - The Jerusalem Post

"The Light of Days rescues a long-neglected aspect of history from oblivion, and puts paid to the idea of Jewish, especially female, passivity during the Holocaust. It is uncompromising, written with passion--and it preserves truly significant knowledge." - The Times Literary Supplement

"Bold, brave and revelatory, meticulously researched and engagingly written, Batalion transports readers into the harrowing World War II era, where a generation of young, Jewish women banded together to fight an almost unimaginable evil."
- Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mutter's Marvels

"Be not afraid. Judy Batalion brings to life the story of young women who had mindboggling valor. Super heroes. They fought the Nazis. With nerves of steel. You don't have to fight the Nazis (we hope). But you do have to be courageous and honorable. (Well, most of the time). And you will be. There are inspirational books that change your life. And this is one of them." - Maira Kalman, author of And the Pursuit of Happiness

"This is a powerful and necessary book. I'm so grateful to Judy Batalion for bringing us these women in all their fierce intelligence and courage. It's astonishing that their stories haven't been widely heard until now-but Batalion's rare combination of skills has brought them to vibrant life. This is history we've needed to hear." - Rachel Kadish, author of The Weight of Ink

"Judy Batalion has told the largely forgotten stories of the girl couriers, smugglers and fighters who formed the nerve center of Jewish resistance in occupied Poland. A breathtaking, dazzling work of historical resurrection" - Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham)

"Resounding history of Jewish women who fought the German invaders in World War II. In a vigorous narrative that draws on interviews, diaries, and other sources, Batalion delivers an objective view of past events that are too quickly being forgotten-and a story much in need of telling."
- Kirkus (Starred Review)

"A remarkable portrait of young Jewish women who fought in the resistance during WWII. . . pays vivid tribute to `the breadth and scope of female courage.'" - Publishers Weekly