In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named JanuszKorczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children were capable of governing themselves, he
This is the tragic storyofJanuszKorczak (as featured in the major motion picture The Zookeeper's Wife) who chose to perish in Treblinka rather than abandon the Jewish orphans in his care. Korczak c
From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving storyofJanuszKorczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust. JanuszKorczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The Dr. Spock of his day, he established orphanages run on his principle of honoring children and shared his ideas with the public in books and on the radio. He famously said that children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. Korczak was a man ahead of his time, whose work ultimately became the basis for the U.N. Declaration ofthe Rights ofthe Child. Korczak was also a Polish Jew on the eve of World War II. He turned down multiple opportunities for escape, standing 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. But this book is much more than a biography. In it, ren
Presents the dramatic true storyofthe beloved doctor who ran the orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, and who bravely chose to go with the orphans to the gas chamber when the Nazis ca
International bestselling author Mario Escobar captures the strength ofthe human spirit and the enduring power of kindness in this moving novel based on the true storyof a brave Polish teacher who cared for hundreds of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.For fans ofThe Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything in Poland irrevocably―except for one man’s capacity to love.“I want everyone I know to read this book.” ―Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author ofThe Warsaw OrphanSeptember 1, 1939. Sixty-year-old JanuszKorczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when the Nazis invade. Suddenly treated as an outcast in his own city, Janusz―a respected leader known for his heroism and teaching―is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the children from the horrors to come.When over four hundred thousand Jewish people are ro