Book description
A biography of the Polish doctor, author, founder of orphanages, and promoter of children's rights, whose life, though swept away in the Nazi holocaust, was dedicated to his love for children.
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I always love it when I learn something new about a person or event I have studied for a long time, and one of the most exciting things about publishing my own recent book is making contact with people all over the world with similar interests. As a student of the Holocaust for 30+ years, I have certainly read a fair amount about Janusz Korczak, the subject of the book. When I was contacted by its author, Mark Bernheim, I was delighted to learn of this biography, first published in 1989! For me, Korczak has always been a figure on…
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