Heroines, Rescuers, Rabbis, Spies: Unsung Women of the Holocaust (by Sarah Silberstein Swartz)

I chose this as my first Read Harder book of the year, for the category "a nonfiction book about resistance."  

It is a profile of ten different women, including the first female rabbi (who died in Auschwitz and was forgotten for many years) and others who survived the war.  Some of the subjects are more interesting than others - it turns out that among the nine women are the author's mother and aunt as well as a friend of their family.  I'm sure the author's passion for their stories is what led to this book but it does feel a bit self-indulgent and maybe not quite as compelling as some of the other stories.

Still, it was worth reading and I'm glad Swartz highlights the bravery and resistance of these women via this book.