Judy Batalion s new book, The Light of Days, details acts of heroism by Jewish women in the ghettos of eastern Europe - and even within the death camps. She documents how female couriers hand-carried crucial messages, weapons, and ammunition as part of the resistance in besieged Jewish ghettos. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant presents the report for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Judy Woodruff:
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, now 76 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.
A new book out this week, The Light of Days by Judy Batalion, details acts of heroism by Jewish women in the ghettos of Eastern Europe, and even within the death camps, who risked their lives to challenge the Nazis.