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The Resource A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust, Albert Marrin

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

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
388 pages
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
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
Isbn
9781524701208
Instance
Label
A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
Title
A light in the darkness
Title remainder
Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
Statement of responsibility
Albert Marrin
Title variation
Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
FOLLT
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Marrin, Albert
Dewey number
  • 940.53/18/092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Korczak, Janusz
  • Pediatricians
  • Holocaust victims
  • Orphanages
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Treblinka (Concentration camp)
  • Korczak, Janusz
  • Pediatricians
  • Holocaust victims
  • Orphanages
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Treblinka (Concentration camp)
Target audience
adolescent
Label
A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust, Albert Marrin
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-380) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1114310408
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
388 pages
Isbn
9781524701208
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1114310408
Label
A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust, Albert Marrin
Publication
Note
"This is a Borzoi Book."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-380) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
  • cri
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1114310408
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
388 pages
Isbn
9781524701208
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1114310408

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