The King of Children: The Life and Death of Janusz Korczak

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A classic as stirring as Schindler’s List, The King of Children is the acclaimed biography of the first advocate of children’s rights and the man referred to as the savior of hundreds of orphans within the Warsaw ghetto.

Janusz Korczak was once known all through Europe as a Pied Piper of destitute children even before the onslaught of World War II. But on August 6, 1942, Korczak stepped into legend. Refusing offers for his own safety, and with defiant dignity, he led the orphans under his care within the Warsaw Ghetto to the trains that would take them to Treblinka.

An educator and pediatrician, Korczak, a Polish Jew, introduced progressive orphanages for both the Jewish and Catholic children in Warsaw. Made up our minds to shield his children from the injustices of the adult world, he built these orphanages into “just communities” with their very own parliaments and children’s courts. Korczak also founded the first national children’s newspaper, testified on behalf of children in juvenile courts, and trained teachers and parents in “moral education,” with his books How to Love a Child and How to Respect a Child.

The King of Children is now recognized as a classic work for educators, historians, parents, and any person who lives or works with a child.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

The tragic story of Janusz Korczak, who chose to perish in Treblinka fairly than abandon the Jewish orphans in his care, was once a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1988. The new paperback edition features a passionate introduction by Elie Wiesel that sets the tone for the inspiring saga of a man who introduced progressive orphanages in his native Poland, defended children’s rights in court, and wrote classic works of children’s literature and child psychology. Korczak lives as a moral exemplar on this fine biography.

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