Clare Mulley

The defiance of the ‘ghetto girls’ who resisted the Nazis

Judy Batalion celebrates the women of the Warsaw ghetto whose courage and ingenuity saved many Jews from certain death

Women from the Warsaw ghetto arrested by Nazi officers for resistance. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 05 June 2021
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  • The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance

    Judy Batalion

    Virago, pp. 573, £20

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