The Light of Days
New York Times Bestseller
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly and Indie bestseller lists
* Optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture
* A spectacular history of Jewish women resistance fighters
Awards and Recognitions
Canadian Jewish Literary Award 2021
Teitz Award for Religious Freedom and Tolerance 2021
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Witnesses to the murder of their families and neighbors and the destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers.
They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed the sick, taught children, and hid families. Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown.
The Light of Days at last tells the true story of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. Judy Batalion introduces us to Renia Kukielka, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied Poland on foot and by train. All put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions.
Interviewed by Ron Duncan Hart
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