{"id":1592,"date":"2019-05-09T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/?page_id=1592"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:23:18","slug":"pan-apoteker-mr-apoteker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/index.php\/en\/pan-apoteker-mr-apoteker\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan Apoteker [Mr. Apoteker]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author: Katarzyna Ryrych<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Illustrator: Katarzyna Ryrych<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Year: 2018<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Publisher: Literatura<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Place of publication: \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Pages: 117<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
ISBN: 9788376726403<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Notes: “Wojny doros\u0142ych \u2013 historie dzieci” series<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cover courtesy of the publisher. \u00a9Wydawnictwo Literatura<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Mr. Apoteker<\/i> is another one of Katarzyna Ryrych stories about the Holocaust, after Bombka babci Zilbersztajn<\/em> (Grandma Zilbersztajn\u2019s Christmas Bauble<\/i>)<\/a>. This time, the author has decided to tell her young reader the story of Tadeusz Pankiewicz<\/a>, the owner of \u201cUnder the Eagle\u201d Pharmacy (Apteka Pod Or\u0142em) which was incorporated into the territory of the Krakow Ghetto<\/a>, although only Christians worked there. This allowed Pankiewicz to help Jewish victims locally, as he could run his business and leave the Jewish quarter freely. The reader follows the fates of a little girl Bluma, her family and her friends, learning about the world of the Krak\u00f3w Ghetto (with the ruthless character of the head of the Jewish police Symche Spire), and observing the exacerbation of anti-Jewish repressions which lead to \u201cdisplacement\u201d, or \u2013 as the reader may suspect \u2013 transportation to the forced labour camp in P\u0142asz\u00f3w<\/a>, and from there: to extermination camps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Apoteker<\/i> is the first Polish children\u2019s story about the Krak\u00f3w Ghetto. It draws attention to the ghetto\u2019s characteristic location in the Podg\u00f3rze<\/a> district and its wall which visually resembled a row Jewish tombstones (matzevahs<\/i>). Importantly, the presented history of World War Two is accompanied by much information on Jewish culture and religion, which is rare for Polish children\u2019s and young adult books on the Holocaust. The main body of the text and the footnotes teach the reader about Jewish holidays (e.g. Purim<\/a>, Shavuot<\/a>, Lag BaOmer)<\/a>, the contents of the Talmud<\/a> and Torah<\/a>, terms such as Kaballah<\/a>, matzo<\/a> and cheder<\/a>, or dybbuk<\/a>, Haman and golem<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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