A Light in the Darkness : : Janusz Korczak, his Orphans, and the Holocaust
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"This is a Borzoi Book."
Prologue: The two saddest nations on earth -- The old doctor -- The hater -- The heart of the tragedy -- A dream so terrible -- Written in smoke and ashes -- Reckonings.
A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that children are valuable in and of themselves, as individuals. He contrasts this with Adolf Hitler's life and his ideology of children: that children are nothing more than tools of the state. -- adapted from jacket
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781524701208
1524701203
SUBJECTS
Korczak, Janusz, -- 1878-1942.
Treblinka (Concentration camp)
Pediatricians.
Holocaust victims.
Orphanages -- Warsaw -- History.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)