Table of Contents
Who's Who xi
Map of Poland xiii
Introduction xv
Part 1 Ghetto Girls
Chapter 1 Here, We Stay 1
Chapter 2 No Place to Run 8
Chapter 3 Zivia 12
Chapter 4 Terror in the Ghetto 21
Chapter 5 Education and the Word 28
Chapter 6 Becoming the Jewish Fighting Organization 34
Chapter 7 On the Run 41
Chapter 8 Heart of Stone 51
Chapter 9 A New Way Forward 56
Chapter 10 Fighting Back 65
Chapter 11 Rebellion 73
Part 2 Devils or Goddesses
Chapter 12 "I'll Go" 83
Chapter 13 Inside the Gestapo 93
Chapter 14 The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 101
Chapter 15 Escape 107
Chapter 16 Arms, Arms, Arms 114
Chapter 17 One Family 119
Chapter 18 Freedom in the Forests 124
Chapter 19 After the Ghettos 134
Chapter 20 Missed Connection 139
Chapter 21 Nothing Left to Lose 143
Part 3 "No Border will Stand in their Way"
Chapter 22 The Bunker and Beyond 149
Chapter 23 The Gestapo Net 158
Chapter 24 The Cuckoo 167
Chapter 25 "Sisters, Revenge!" 176
Chapter 26 The Light of Days 185
Chapter 27 The Great Escape 189
Chapter 28 The Arrival 203
Part 4 The Emotional Legacy
Chapter 29 Fear of Life 215
Chapter 30 Forgotten Strength 226
Epilogue 237
Author's Note: On Research 243
Acknowledgments 246
Glossary 248
Source Notes 249
Further Reading 264