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An Invaluable Document of a Titan by Someone Who Knew Him
Translations of works into English by and about the great Polish doctor, educator, and social worker Janusz Korczak are very hard to come by.For a person who does not speak Polish to have access to a biography of this humanitarian is a treat to be savored.Although Betty Jean Lifton's "The King of Children" remains the most authoritative biography on Korczak in English, Ms. Olczak's book is well worth having a supplement for the person who wants to know more about this great man.

Most people who have heard about Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit) know him from decriptions of him during his years in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II and how he refused offers of shelter in safer areas because he refused to abandon the orphans in his care.His march, leading the orphan children in serene dignity to the cattle trains waiting to take them to the Nazi death camp of Treblinka, certainly makes for an unforgettable and compelling image.However, there is so much more to "Mister Doctor," as his pupils called him, and this book tells the story of his life, philosophy, and dreams.Educators, social workers, policy makers, and parents - in short, anyone who cares for and about children - should be familiar with his methods and philosophies of raising and educating children.It is a great pity that most of his original writings have not yet been translated into English.All in all, Hanna Olczak (Hanna Mortkowicz-Olcakowa) does an admirable job of covering Korczak's entire life, from his ancestry and sad childhood to his journeys while studying medicine to his establishment of the Orphan's Home to his religious beliefs, writings, and stint as radio personality ("The Old Doctor") to his final years in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he continued to manage an orphanage to give the child victims a life of dignity in their terrible last years.

Long out of print, this book can be hard to find and somewhat expensive.For the admirerer of Janusz Korczak, this is a treasure worth having. ... Read more

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Chapters: Pope John Paul Ii, Krystyna Skarbek, Władysław Bartoszewski, Janusz Korczak, Szmul Zygielbojm, Stefan Starzyński, Irena Sendler, Józef Kuraś, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Kazimierz Leski, Henryk Flame, Danuta Siedzikówna, Emil August Fieldorf, Jan Kwapiński, Władysław Szpilman, Lucjan Żeligowski, Hieronim Dekutowski, Henryk Józewski, Józef Czapski, Mieczysław Smorawiński, Antoni Heda, Ala Gertner, Baruch Steinberg, Kazimierz Moczarski, Melchior Wańkowicz, Józef Franczak, Jerzy Wołkowicki, Janusz Piekałkiewicz, Henryk Leon Strasburger, Wanda Tomczykowska, Edward Kossoy, Edward Fokczyński, Franciszek Jerzy Jaskulski, Bronisław Komorowski, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, Ben Helfgott, Leon Feiner, Henryk Minkiewicz, Jan Stanisław Jankowski, Eugene Lazowski, Edward Werner, Karol Chmiel, Kazimierz Orlik-Łukoski, Konstanty Plisowski, Zdzisław Broński, Franciszek Przysiężniak, Bronisław Bohatyrewicz, Felix Zandman, Władysław Dworaczek, Tauba Biterman, Stefan Bembiński, Antoni Bohdziewicz, Zofia Leśniowska, Gerard Wodarz, Bolesław Kontrym, Gustaw Holoubek, Franciszek Niepokólczycki, Roza Robota, Józef Marcinkiewicz, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Władysław Mackiewicz, Alojzy Wir-Konas, Andrzej Jaraczewski, Maria Fedecka, Josef Olechowski, Zbigniew Gołąb, Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Wladyslaw Swiatecki, Rose Meth, Józef Rzepka, Antoni Jakubski, Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski, Witold Gracjan Kawalec, Aleksander Kowalski, Adam Obrubański, Wilhelm Góra, Mieczysław Lubelski, Mieczysław Kawalec, Stanisław Tołpa, Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig, Franciszek Błażej, Alfons Flisykowski, Karol Szwedowski, Józef Korbas, Leon Billewicz, Ksawery Błasiak, Jan Mazurkiewicz, Józef Batory, Stefan Kaczmarz, Mieczysław Mackiewicz, Włodzimierz Krygier, Miriam Winter, Mieczysław Niedziałkowski, Witalis Ludwiczak, Kazimierz Kamieński, Tomasz Stankiewicz, Jan Górny, Kazimierz Materski, Józef Chaciński, Czesław Cyraniak, Franciszek Kamiński, Konrad Guderski, Stanisław Ryniak. Source: W...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23805 ... Read more

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Chapters: Polish Righteous Among the Nations, Czesław Miłosz, Władysław Bartoszewski, Janusz Korczak, Jan Karski, Irena Sendler, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Jerzy Szacki, Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, Stefan Korboński, Rudolf Weigl, Irene Gut Opdyke, Franciszek and Magdalena Banasiewicz, Henryk Iwański, Jerzy and Irena Krępeć, Podgórski Sisters, Jan and Anna Puchalski, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, Antoni Gawryłkiewicz, Jerzy Jan Lerski, Stanisław Jasiński and Emilia Słodkowska, Maria Kotarba, Zofia Baniecka, Irena Adamowicz, Henryk Woliński, Alfreda and Bolesław Pietraszek, Henryk Sławik, Mieczysław Fogg, Jerzy and Eugenia Latoszyński, Anna Borkowska, Józef Zwonarz, Jan Żabiński, Krystyna Dańko, Eryk Lipiński, Ferdynand Arczyński, Julian Grobelny, Jerzy Zagórski, Maria Fedecka, Igor Newerly, Andrzej Garbuliński, Szczepan Bradło, Jan Dobraczyński, Konrad Rudnicki, Stefan Jagodziński, Aleksander Kamiński, Andrzej Miłosz, Wanda Makuch-Korulska. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 195. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Polish citizens have the world's highest count of individuals awarded medals of Righteous among the Nations, given by the State of Israel to non-Jews who saved Jews from extermination during the Holocaust. There are 6,195 Polish men and women recognized as "Righteous" to this day, amounting to over 25 per cent of the total number of 22,765 honorary titles awarded already. It is estimated that in fact hundreds of thousands of Poles concealed and aided hundreds of thousands of their Polish-Jewish neighbors. Many of these initiatives were carried out by individuals, but there also existed organized networks of Polish resistance who was dedicated to aiding Jewsmost notably, the egota organization. In German-occupied Poland the task of rescuing Jews was especially difficult and dangerous. All hou...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16895716 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Janusz Korczak, Wojciech Gerson, Igor Newerly, Bolesław Hryniewiecki, Marian Sawa, Puah Rakovsky, Stanislas Konarski, Aleksander Kamiński. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Janusz Korczak (né le 22 juillet 1878, décédé le 5 août 1942), de son vrai nom Henryk Goldszmit, était en Pologne, avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une des personnalités scientifiques les plus en vue et les plus respectées dans le domaine de l'enfance. Ami des enfants, médecin-pédiatre et écrivain, il est en particulier connu pour s'être laissé déporter au camp d'extermination de Treblinka avec les enfants du ghetto de Varsovie qu'il n'avait pas voulu abandonner (voir le film d'Andrzej Wajda : Korczak, 1989). « Le fait que Korczak ait volontairement renoncé à sa vie pour ses convictions parle pour la grandeur de l'homme. Mais cela est sans importance comparé à la force de son message », disait Bruno Bettelheim. L'histoire de la vie de Janusz Korczak a été décrit dans beaucoup de livres. Le Film "Korczak" d'Andrzej Wajda raconte l'histoire de sa vie et en partie sa déportation avec ses élèves par les nazis de l'école juive Dom Sierot à Treblinka. Né d'une famille juive assimilée à Varsovie ; sa mère, Cecylia Głębicka, était une membre de la communauté juive de Kalisz, son père, Józef Goldszmit, avocat, était un partisan du mouvement progressiste juif Haskala. Lors de sa naissance, sa famille ne prit pas soin de l'inscrire au registre des naissances, d'où la difficulté ultérieure de déterminer son année de naissance. La famille Goldszmit a vécu dans différents endroits de Varsovie : Bielańska 18 (peut-être son lieu de naissance), Krakowskie Przedmieście 77, Miodowa 19, Pl. Krasińskich 3, Nowosenatorska 6 (aujourd'hui Rue Molièr...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Janusz Korczak, Alexandre Chodzko, Jan Karski, Jerzy Grotowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Bruno Schulz, Jean Potocki, Isaac Deutscher, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Liste Alphabétique D'écrivains Polonais, Wisława Szymborska, Antoni Grabowski, Witold Gombrowicz, Kazimierz Brodziński, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Jan Dantyszek, Ferdynand Ossendowski, Bolesław Leśmian, Andrzej Sapkowski, Andrzej Żuławski, Jerzy Kosinski, Dorota Masłowska, Stanisław Staszic, Bolesław Prus, August Von Cieszkowski, Stanisław Barańczak, Tadeusz Konwicki, Hugo Kołłątaj, Jan Waclav Makhaïski, Julian Tuwim, Ryszard Kapuściński, Andrzej Bobkowski, Lucjan Wolanowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Kazimierz Bein, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Mathias Strykowski, Władysław Kopaliński, Leszek Engelking, Józef Czapski, Andrzej Kijowski, Jan Kott, Jacek Kaczmarski, Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Jean Malaquais, Władysław Reymont, Jan Chodzko, Faddeï Boulgarine, Jan Brzechwa, Catherine Radziwill, Stefan Żeromski, Anna Langfus, Igor Newerly, Wacław Potocki, Stanisław Lubieniecki, Ignacy Krasicki, Julien-Ursin Niemcewicz, Jan Józef Lipski, Tadeusz Borowski, Anna Świrszczyńska, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Jacob Glatstein, Stanisław de Skarbimierz, Stanislas Konarski, Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski, Roma Ligocka, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Sławomir Mrożek, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Maciej Słomczyński, Kornel Makuszyński, Isaïe Spiegel, Jean Offredo, Aleksander Fredro, Henryk Rzewuski, Kornel Ujejski, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Michał Wiszniewski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Arkady Fiedler, Zygmunt Krasiński, Stanisław Wyspiański, Kazimierz Waliszewski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Andrzej Stasiuk, Wacław Berent, Charles-Edmond Chojecki...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Janusz Korczak, Alexandre Chodzko, Jan Karski, Jerzy Grotowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Bruno Schulz, Jean Potocki, Isaac Deutscher, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Liste Alphabétique D'écrivains Polonais, Wisława Szymborska, Antoni Grabowski, Witold Gombrowicz, Kazimierz Brodziński, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Jan Dantyszek, Ferdynand Ossendowski, Bolesław Leśmian, Andrzej Sapkowski, Andrzej Żuławski, Jerzy Kosinski, Dorota Masłowska, Stanisław Staszic, Bolesław Prus, August Von Cieszkowski, Stanisław Barańczak, Tadeusz Konwicki, Hugo Kołłątaj, Jan Waclav Makhaïski, Julian Tuwim, Ryszard Kapuściński, Andrzej Bobkowski, Lucjan Wolanowski, Tadeusz Kantor, Kazimierz Bein, Filippo Buonaccorsi, Mathias Strykowski, Władysław Kopaliński, Leszek Engelking, Józef Czapski, Andrzej Kijowski, Jan Kott, Jacek Kaczmarski, Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Jean Malaquais, Władysław Reymont, Jan Chodzko, Faddeï Boulgarine, Jan Brzechwa, Catherine Radziwill, Stefan Żeromski, Anna Langfus, Igor Newerly, Wacław Potocki, Stanisław Lubieniecki, Ignacy Krasicki, Julien-Ursin Niemcewicz, Jan Józef Lipski, Tadeusz Borowski, Anna Świrszczyńska, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Jacob Glatstein, Stanisław de Skarbimierz, Stanislas Konarski, Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski, Roma Ligocka, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Sławomir Mrożek, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Maciej Słomczyński, Kornel Makuszyński, Isaïe Spiegel, Jean Offredo, Aleksander Fredro, Henryk Rzewuski, Kornel Ujejski, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Michał Wiszniewski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Arkady Fiedler, Zygmunt Krasiński, Stanisław Wyspiański, Kazimierz Waliszewski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Andrzej Stasiuk, Wacław Berent, Charles-Edmond Chojecki...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (July 22, 1878 - August 1942) was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, known as Pan Doktor (Mr Doctor) or Stary Doktor (Old Doctor). Korczak was born in Warsaw to an assimilated Jewish family. His mother, Glebicka, was the daughter of prominent Kalisz Jews and his father, Józef Goldszmit, was from a family of proponents of the haskalah. Korczak's father died in 1896, possibly by his own hand, leaving the family without a source of income. Over the next few years, the family was forced to abandon their spacious apartment and, during his teens Korczak was the sole breadwinner for his mother, sister, and grandmother. In 1898 he used Janusz Korczak as a writing pseudonym in Ignacy Paderewski's literary contest. The name originated from the book Janusz Korczak and the Pretty Swordsweeperlady by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. In 1890s he studied in the Flying University. In the years 1898-1904 Korczak studied medicine at the University of Warsaw and also wrote for several Polish language newspapers. After his graduation he became a pediatrician. During the Russo-Japanese War in 1905-1906 he served as a military doctor. Meanwhile his book Child of the Drawing Room gained him some literary recognition. After the war he continued his practice in Warsaw. The Krochmalna Street orphanage where Korczak worked. He lived in a room at the atticIn 1907-1908 Korczak continued his studies in Berlin. When he was working for the Orphan's Society in 1909 he met Stefania Wilczyńska. In 1911-1912 he became a director of Dom Sierot, the orphanage of his own design for Jewish children in Warsaw. He took Wilczyńska as his closest associate. There he formed a kind-of-a-republic for children with its own small parliament, court and newspaper. He reduced his other duties as a doctor. In 1914 Korczak again became a military doctor with the ra...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Janusz Korczak, Hugo Kołłątaj, Stanisław Konarski. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (July 22, 1878 August 1942) was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, known as Pan Doktor (Mr Doctor) or Stary Doktor (Old Doctor). Korczak was born in Warsaw to an assimilated Jewish family. His mother, Glebicka, was the daughter of prominent Kalisz Jews and his father, Józef Goldszmit, was from a family of proponents of the haskalah. Korczak's father died in 1896, possibly by his own hand, leaving the family without a source of income. Over the next few years, the family was forced to abandon their spacious apartment and, during his teens Korczak was the sole breadwinner for his mother, sister, and grandmother. In 1898 he used Janusz Korczak as a writing pseudonym in Ignacy Paderewski's literary contest. The name originated from the book Janusz Korczak and the Pretty Swordsweeperlady by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. In 1890s he studied in the Flying University. In the years 18981904 Korczak studied medicine at the University of Warsaw and also wrote for several Polish language newspapers. After his graduation he became a pediatrician. During the Russo-Japanese War in 19051906 he served as a military doctor. Meanwhile his book Child of the Drawing Room gained him some literary recognition. After the war he continued his practice in Warsaw. The Krochmalna Street orphanage where Korczak worked. He lived in a room at the atticIn 19071908 Korczak continued his studies in Berlin. When he was working for the Orphan's Society in 1909 he met Stefania Wilczyska. In 19111912 he became a director of Dom Sierot, the orphanage of his own design for Jewish children in Warsaw. He took Wilczys...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=217509 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Janusz Korczak, Edward Flatau, Joséphine Rostkowska, Samuel Goldflam, Tobias Cohn, Hilary Koprowski, Jan Zaorski, Jakub Chlebowski, Aleksander Okorski, Carl Wernicke, Albert Adamkiewicz. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Janusz Korczak (né le 22 juillet 1878, décédé le 5 août 1942), de son vrai nom Henryk Goldszmit, était en Pologne, avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une des personnalités scientifiques les plus en vue et les plus respectées dans le domaine de l'enfance. Ami des enfants, médecin-pédiatre et écrivain, il est en particulier connu pour s'être laissé déporter au camp d'extermination de Treblinka avec les enfants du ghetto de Varsovie qu'il n'avait pas voulu abandonner (voir le film d'Andrzej Wajda : Korczak, 1989). « Le fait que Korczak ait volontairement renoncé à sa vie pour ses convictions parle pour la grandeur de l'homme. Mais cela est sans importance comparé à la force de son message », disait Bruno Bettelheim. L'histoire de la vie de Janusz Korczak a été décrit dans beaucoup de livres. Le Film "Korczak" d'Andrzej Wajda raconte l'histoire de sa vie et en partie sa déportation avec ses élèves par les nazis de l'école juive Dom Sierot à Treblinka. Né d'une famille juive assimilée à Varsovie ; sa mère, Cecylia Głębicka, était une membre de la communauté juive de Kalisz, son père, Józef Goldszmit, avocat, était un partisan du mouvement progressiste juif Haskala. Lors de sa naissance, sa famille ne prit pas soin de l'inscrire au registre des naissances, d'où la difficulté ultérieure de déterminer son année de naissance. La famille Goldszmit a vécu dans différents endroits de Varsovie : Bielańska 18 (peut-être son lieu de naissance), Krakowskie Przedmieście 77, Miodowa 19, Pl. Krasińs...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Hausarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Allgemein, Note: 1,0, Universität Bremen (Fachbereich 12 (Erziehungs und Gesellschaftswissenschaften)), Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Pädagogik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Die Forderung, daß Auschwitz nicht noch einmal sei, ist die allererste an Erziehung. Sie geht so sehr jeglicher anderen voran, daß ich weder glaube, sie begründen zu müssen noch sollen. Ich kann nicht verstehen, daß man mit ihr bis heute so wenig sich abgegeben hat." Theodor W. Adorno Man fragt sich, ob T. W. Adorno das Leben Janusz Korczaks vor Augen hatte, als er diese martialisch anmutenden Zeilen schrieb. Einen Mann, der sich ganz seiner Aufgabe verschrieb, der Friedlosigkeit auf der Welt durch die liebe- und achtungsvolle Erziehung des Kindes zu begegnen. Und ein Mann, dessen Name untrennbar mit dem Schrecken des Dritten Reichs verknüpft ist. Es liegt nahe, ihn vor dem Hintergrund seines gewaltsamen Todes durch die Nationalsozialisten zum Märtyrer für die gerechte Sache stilisieren zu wollen. Aber das würde ihm nicht gerecht werden, denn Korczak zeigte nicht erst in seinem Tod menschliche Größe. Seine Bedeutung für die Nachwelt sollte vielmehr in seiner konsequenten Haltung gesucht werden, der Frage nach dem Sinn und Erfolg von Erziehung durch die alltägliche Arbeit, durch die miterlebte Freude und den Kummer von Kindern zu begegnen. Damit gelang es ihm eine Ahnung davon zu geben, wie der hohe Anspruch der Pädagogik, Mittler einer menschlicheren Welt zu sein, bewerkstelligt werden kann. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich zunächst mit dem Leben Korczaks und seinen pädagogischen Ansätzen. Im Anschluß soll die Frage diskutiert werden, warum seine ‚Lehre'gegenüber der anderer Reformpädagogen im heutigen erzieherischen Alltag weniger Beachtung findet. ... Read more