Molly Crabapple on the Jewish Bund

'When I wrote my book about the Bund, I made sure to focus on the women. Some were barricade fighters and orators. Some shot guns, wrote theoretical treatises, and pulled their friends off of boxcars bound for Treblinka...I tried to pay attention to the humbler work of life. The women’s vigils alongside Mokotow prison. The women on the bus to Rikers. The aunties who pack the packages. The hands that keep movements alive'

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The Women of the Bund Fought to Free Their Loved Ones

Artist and writer Molly Crabapple looks to the history of Jewish radicals in early 20th century Poland to understand the legacy of women fighting for their families.

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