The Girl Ban­dits of the War­saw Ghet­to: The True Sto­ry of Five Coura­geous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising

Falmouth Jewish Congregation hosts a free, virtual Jewish Book Council author talk by Elizabeth R. Hyman on her just-released bold history of the women of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish resistance. Everyone is invited. This event is scheduled to mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Access this hour-long program from your home by registering for Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PURSWHNOR3q4rizCdvcrDA

"Women of the Jewish resistance come alive in this revisionary history of the Polish Holocaust." – Kirkus Reviews

"While the uprising’s end­ing is known, The Girl Ban­dits of the War­saw Ghet­to tells a sto­ry of such hero­ism, and Hyman’s researched por­trait is so cap­ti­vat­ing, that this retold piece of Jew­ish his­to­ry is dif­fi­cult to put down and impos­si­ble to forget." - Jewish Book Council

"Captivating from the first pages, this ingeniously written book follows the intertwined journeys, close calls, and moments of normality of young Jewish women who smuggled messages, money and weapons for the Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, served as witnesses to the Holocaust, stitched together impressive networks of self-help, and fought against Jews’ oppressors. Hyman tells this riveting history through the voices and memories of women who refused to surrender while never losing sight of the contexts that shaped the women’s choices, decisions, and actions. A brilliant testament to Jewish resilience in extremis." - Joanna Sliwa, co-author of The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust

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With exten­sive use of pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary sources, Hyman has retold this famil­iar sto­ry of resis­tance and upris­ing with an infu­sion of detail and dra­ma. The courage, orga­ni­za­tion, ded­i­ca­tion, and inven­tive­ness of the fea­tured young women, who faced life-and-death sit­u­a­tions on a dai­ly basis, con­tin­ues to amaze.

Eliz­a­beth R. Hyman, descen­dant of Pol­ish Jews who fled Europe in 1939 and made their way, as refugees, to the Unit­ed States, has writ­ten the his­to­ry blog, HIS­TORIC­I­TY (was already tak­en) since 2011. Visit her website to learn more: https://www.elizabethhyman.com/. Read an essay by Hyman on her research: https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/listening-to-the-silence-uncovering-the-lives-of-jewish-female-resistance-workers