An instant New York Times bestseller, The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto by Holocaust historian Elizabeth R. Hyman is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that adds a long-overdue dimension to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II. While the Uprising is one of the most storied events of the Holocaust, previous accounts have almost entirely focused on its male participants. Hyman—a granddaughter of Polish Jewish refugees, with dual master's degrees in History and Library and Information Science from the University of Maryland—introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers.

The five women are Zivia Lubetkin, the most senior female member of the Jewish Fighting Organization's Command Staff in Warsaw; Vladka Meed, who smuggled dynamite into the ghetto in preparation for the Uprising; Dr. Idina "Inka" Blady-Schweiger, a young medical student who became an angel of mercy; Tema Schneiderman, who volunteered for daring smuggling and rescue missions across Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe; and Tossia Altman, a courageous courier who helped bring arms into the Warsaw Ghetto and fought in the Uprising itself. Interspersed with the stories of other Jewish women who resisted, the book rescues these women from obscurity, illuminating their resilience, bravery, and cunning in the face of unspeakable hardship.

Published by HarperCollins in October 2025, this hardcover edition runs 352 pages and is a compelling tribute to female resistance leadership during the Holocaust.