Hijas de la Resistencia

Warsaw, 1943. Witnessing the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a group of Jewish women in Poland, some still in their teens, helped transform Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, cunning, and nerves of steel, these "ghetto girls" bribed Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread, and helped build underground bunker systems. They acted as couriers, fighters and intelligence agents. They bribed German soldiers with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan appearance to seduce them, and shot and killed them. This work finally brings to light the story of these amazing women whose exploits have been overshadowed by time. Judy Batalion, granddaughter of Polish survivors, takes us back to 1939 and introduces us to young Renia Kukielka, an arms smuggler and courier who risks her life crossing occupied Poland on foot and by train, and so many other women who They put their lives in danger to carry out their missions.