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Author:

Marrin, Albert.

Title:

A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust / Albert Marrin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Korczak, Janusz,--1878-1942--Juvenile literature.
Korczak, Janusz,--1878-1942.
Treblinka (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature.
Treblinka (Concentration camp.)
Pediatricians--Poland--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Pediatricians.
Holocaust victims--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust victims.
Orphanages--Warsaw--Warsaw--History--Juvenile literature.
Orphanages--Warsaw--Warsaw--History.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945.)
Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)--Juvenile literature.
Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland.)
Biographies.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book.". Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-380) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

Story of a Polish Jewish doctor who, during World War II, 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.
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.

ISBN:

1524701203
9781524701208

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1114310408

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