The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak

Based on his own writings as well as interviews conducted with the orphans he raised and teachers he trained, this biography captures the remarkable life and tragic death of the Polish-Jewish doctor who spent a lifetime helping children --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. . Lifton has brought her considerable experience as a writer for and about children to this sensitive, intelligent, and well-written biography of a remarkable manPolish-Jewish doctor, writer, and advocate of children's rights Janusz Korczak (born Henryk Goldszmit, 1878-1942). Based on Korczak's diary and other writings, and on interviews with surviving orphans and students he cared for, Lifton tells how the doctor devoted his life to deprived Jewish and Polish children in Warsaw, founded and directed a model orphanage, and pushed for Polish-Jewish reconciliation even as national animosity in pre-World War II Poland was growing. Not only a defender of children's rights, Korczak stood by his orphans, perishing with them at Treblinka in 1942. Highly recommended. James B. Street, Santa Cruz P.L., Cal. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.