Vladka Meed, or Feigele Peltel-Miedzyrzecki, her real full name, was 17 when Hitler{u2019}s army conquered Poland and entered Warsaw. From the first days of the Nazi occupation, Feigele had been a member of the underground. Feigele was transformed into 2Vladka3 when she was called upon to work on the Aryan side by the underground movement.Vladka smuggled weapons across the wall to the Jewish Fighting Organization during the revolt. She helped the Jews escape from the ghetto and find shelter in the homes of Christians. As a courier of the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Organizations, she brought help to Jews in bunkers and other hiding places. She looked for, and found ways of establishing contact and extending help to the survivors in the labor camps and in the woods.--Publisher's description.