A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
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First edition.
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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| Bronxville Public Library | YA BIO KORCZAK (Text) YA Biography |
31004151725269 |
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| Chappaqua Library | YA BIOGRAPHY KORCZAK (Text) YA Biography |
31005154430369 |
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| Mamaroneck Public Library District | YA BIO KORCZAK (Text) YA Biography |
31015152559945 |
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| Somers Library | B KORCZAK, JANUSZ (Text) Biography |
31031151918594 |
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| Somers Library | YA B KORCZAK (Text) YA Biography |
31031151816590 |
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| White Plains Public Library | YA BIOGRAPHY KORCZAK, JANUSZ (Text) YA Nonfiction |
31544209957380 |
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- ISBN: 9781524701208
- ISBN: 1524701203
- ISBN: 9781524701215
- ISBN: 1524701211
- Physical Description: 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
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| Genre: | Young adult literature. Biography Biographies. History. Juvenile works. Young adult non-fiction. Biographies. Young adult literature. Biographies. |