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"As their communities were being destroyed, groups of Jewish women and teenage girls across Poland began transforming Jewish youth groups into resistance factions. These "ghetto girls" helped build systems of underground bunkers, paid off the Gestapo, and bombed German train lines. At the center of the book is eighteen-year-old Renia Kukielka, who traveled across her war-torn country as a weapons smuggler and messenger. Other women who joined the...
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Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
Summer Reads - 7th & 8th Grade
The Jewish Experience - Chapter Books
Summer Reads - 7th & 8th Grade
The Jewish Experience - Chapter Books
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Presents the untold story of the young Jewish women who became resistance fighters against the Nazis during World War II.
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This young readers' edition tells the remarkable story, largely forgotten until now, of the young Jewish women who became resistance fighters against the Nazis during World War II. It has already been optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture.
As their communities were being destroyed, groups of Jewish women and teenage girls across Poland began transforming Jewish youth groups into resistance factions. These "ghetto girls" helped build...
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