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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion
4.12 AVERAGE
407 reviews for:
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion
4.12 AVERAGE
how can anyone say anything about a book with such exhaustive research!
if you do not need to be reminded of all these women's' contribution read the end where she speaks to how their stories came out, were changed and the different lives each of these women had after the war.
heartbreaking fulfilling
if you do not need to be reminded of all these women's' contribution read the end where she speaks to how their stories came out, were changed and the different lives each of these women had after the war.
heartbreaking fulfilling
Five stars to the brave women who are the focus of this book, and all the Jews who suffered in myriad unspeakable ways under Nazi cruelty and the cruelty of their own countrymen as well as other Jews. To hear that other Jews in Palestine referred to Holocaust survivors as “soaps” because of Nazi soap factories using human remains for the product broke my heart even more, in a way, than the thousand other heart breaking cruelties in this book. The book itself has some narrative / organizational issues (among others) yet this is an absolute must read. We must bear witness, now more than ever. Don’t expect it to be easy.
This book was both moving and gut wrenching. It is astounding to me that women’s contributions and stories are still being ignored and forgotten. The women in this book are heroes and I am so glad to know their names.
Should Steven Spielberg make a movie or an HBO series about these women?
Should Steven Spielberg make a movie or an HBO series about these women?
At the same time that I was shocked and horrified at the brutality and depravity that was worse than anything I have learned yet, I was inspired by the indomitable courage of these incredible women who refused to give in.
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The only word I can think of to appropriately describe this book is "riveting."
Before reading this, I thought I knew a lot about the Holocaust. I've seen so many movies about WWII, I've read several books that take place during WWII, and I remember learning about it a lot as a student. I even remember coming home in elementary school and complaining that we had to learn about Anne Frank *again*. I recognize why my teachers taught us about her then, hoping that since we were the same age as she was, we'd find some kind of connection, but I didn't really get it. As I grew older and learned more, I thought I got it. But it took this incredible book, a compilation of the first hand accounts of several female freedom fighters, for me to finally recognize I didn't get it *at all.*
I decided to listen to this rather than read a physical copy, and for me that was the right choice. Some parts were so difficult to get through, I'm not sure I would've been able to continue picking it back up. But refusing to listen to the stories of these women felt wrong. Narrator Mozhan Marno does a fantastic job, her voice is comforting, yet heavy with the gravity of what she's describing.
There were times while listening I straight up cried. At some point, I stopped counting the number of times I said "Jesus Christ" out loud. But despite how sad some of their experiences are, I would still recommend this book, and have, to almost everyone I know. Wrapped up in the atrocities of what they experienced, these women never gave up. Their drive and hope was so inspiring. While listening to this, I realized my definition of what a 'hero' was had changed.
This is an important read for everyone, regardless of your religion, heritage or perceived understanding of what happened to jewish people during World War II.
Before reading this, I thought I knew a lot about the Holocaust. I've seen so many movies about WWII, I've read several books that take place during WWII, and I remember learning about it a lot as a student. I even remember coming home in elementary school and complaining that we had to learn about Anne Frank *again*. I recognize why my teachers taught us about her then, hoping that since we were the same age as she was, we'd find some kind of connection, but I didn't really get it. As I grew older and learned more, I thought I got it. But it took this incredible book, a compilation of the first hand accounts of several female freedom fighters, for me to finally recognize I didn't get it *at all.*
I decided to listen to this rather than read a physical copy, and for me that was the right choice. Some parts were so difficult to get through, I'm not sure I would've been able to continue picking it back up. But refusing to listen to the stories of these women felt wrong. Narrator Mozhan Marno does a fantastic job, her voice is comforting, yet heavy with the gravity of what she's describing.
There were times while listening I straight up cried. At some point, I stopped counting the number of times I said "Jesus Christ" out loud. But despite how sad some of their experiences are, I would still recommend this book, and have, to almost everyone I know. Wrapped up in the atrocities of what they experienced, these women never gave up. Their drive and hope was so inspiring. While listening to this, I realized my definition of what a 'hero' was had changed.
This is an important read for everyone, regardless of your religion, heritage or perceived understanding of what happened to jewish people during World War II.
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In my opinion books about the Holocaust are fascinating and this book was definitely no exception. I really liked the stories and the women in it were inspiring. However, I think it could have been organized better and a lot of information could have been left out.
One reason I think learning about the Holocaust is so important is because we can learn from the horrific atrocities committed in it. It is interesting to read this book and compare it to what Israel is doing to Palestine currently.
One reason I think learning about the Holocaust is so important is because we can learn from the horrific atrocities committed in it. It is interesting to read this book and compare it to what Israel is doing to Palestine currently.
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