THE LIGHT OF NEW DAYS - JUDY BATALION

Discover the shocking and inspiring story of the fight for freedom, courage, female friendship, and extraordinary will to survive in Judy Batalion's book "The Light of New Days." It is a dynamic and emotional collective portrait of forgotten heroines, young Jewish women who became resistance fighters during World War II.

• Shocking and inspiring story of the fight for freedom.
• Dynamic portrait of a collective of forgotten heroines.
• A story of courage, female friendship, and the will to survive.
• Based on facts, the result of intensive research.
• Recommended by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN and the Warsaw Ghetto Museum.

Judy Batalion, the granddaughter of Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, takes readers to 1939 to introduce Renia Kukiełka, a weapon smuggler and courier who risked her life traveling through occupied Poland. The author describes other young Jewish women: couriers, armed fighters, intelligence agents, and saboteurs who constantly exposed themselves to mortal danger. The book follows the fate of these women through liquidated ghettos, arrests, Gestapo prisons, and concentration camps.

"The Light of New Days" is the result of several years of intensive research by Judy Batalion. The book achieved bestseller status and won numerous awards, and the film rights were acquired by Steven Spielberg. It is a story that saves a long-neglected history from oblivion and puts an end to the idea of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust, especially among women.

This book pulsates with pride and anger, is uncompromising, passionately written, and conveys truly important knowledge. The author follows with commitment and affection the fate of these women who had the chance to survive the time of the Holocaust until the beginning of the 21st century. It is a great celebration of the female spirit, which is memorable and a wonderfully told story of amazing courage.

Edition: PORADNIA K, 2025. Number of pages: 584. Binding: paperback. Format: 136x210 mm.