{"product_id":"the-girl-bandits-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-the-true-story-of-five-courageous-young-women-who-sparked-an-uprising-the-holocaust-biography-of-female-resistance-leaders","title":"The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising – The Holocaust Biography of Female Resistance Leaders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN INSTANT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Holocaust historian, archivist, and history blogger adds a new dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during World War II, shining a long overdue spotlight on five young, Polish Jewish women—champions who helped lead the resistance, sabotage the Nazis, and aid Jews in hiding across occupied Poland and Eastern Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of the most storied events of the Holocaust, yet previous accounts of have almost entirely focused on its male participants. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Holocaust historian Elizabeth Hyman introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women—known as “the girls” by the leadership of the resistance and “bandits” by their Nazi oppressors—who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers. They include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eZivia Lubetkin, the most senior female member of the Jewish Fighting Organization Command Staff in Warsaw and a reluctant legend in her own time, who was immortalized by her code name, \"Celina\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVladka Meed, who smuggled dynamite into and illegal literature out of the Warsaw Ghetto in preparation for the uprising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDr. Idina “Inka” Blady-Schweiger, a young medical student who became a reluctant angel of mercy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTema Schneiderman, a tall, beautiful and fearless young woman who volunteered for smuggling and rescue missions across Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTossia Altman, a heroic courier with a poetic soul, who helped bring arms into the Warsaw Ghetto, fought in the Uprising, and ferried communiques to the outside world\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eInterspersed with the stories of other Jewish women who resisted, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e rescues these women from the shadows of time, bringing to light their resilience, bravery, and cunning in the face of unspeakable hardship—inspiring stories of courage, daring, and resistance that must never be forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Gift Land","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154241257561,"sku":"9780063355019","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/0206\/3705\/files\/9780063355019.jpg?v=1773673687","url":"https:\/\/royalgiftland.com\/tr\/products\/the-girl-bandits-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-the-true-story-of-five-courageous-young-women-who-sparked-an-uprising-the-holocaust-biography-of-female-resistance-leaders","provider":"Royal Gift Land","version":"1.0","type":"link"}