A British intelligence officer. A Partisan photographer. A German rabbi. A Polish nurse.

Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile.

With compassion and admiration, author Sarah Silberstein Swartz paints portraits of women who stood up for themselves and others in dangerous times.

Overlooked by history, they leapt from fear to action with bravery that deserves recognition. (From Second Story Press)

Sarah Silberstein Swartz was born in post-war Berlin to Jewish Polish Holocaust survivors. She is a writer and editor, specializing in women's studies and Holocaust literature.