{"id":487,"date":"2019-02-11T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/?page_id=487"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:23:37","slug":"po-drugiej-stronie-okna-opowiesc-o-januszu-korczaku-the-other-side-of-the-window-a-tale-about-janusz-korczak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oczamidziecka.al.uw.edu.pl\/index.php\/en\/po-drugiej-stronie-okna-opowiesc-o-januszu-korczaku-the-other-side-of-the-window-a-tale-about-janusz-korczak\/","title":{"rendered":"Po drugiej stronie okna. Opowie\u015b\u0107 o Januszu Korczaku [The Other Side of the Window: A Tale about Janusz Korczak]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author: Anna Czerwi\u0144ska-Rydel<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Illustrator: Dorota \u0141oskot-Cichocka<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Year: 2012<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Publisher: Muchomor<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Place of publication: Warszawa<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Pages: 163<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
ISBN: 9788389774545<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Notes: An audiobook was published by Akademia Rozwoju Wyobra\u017ani Buka (2012, ISBN: 9788362951031).<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cover courtesy of the publisher. \u00a9Muchomor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In this biography by Anna Czerwi\u0144ska-Rydel, the reader follows Janusz Korczak\u2019s<\/a> life from his birth to his death. Recounting the childhood of Henryk Goldszmit, who had assumed his now-famous pen name when he started publishing his works, the author points to events which shaped Korczak morally and sparked his interest in literature, medicine and pedagogy. The description of Korczak\u2019s adult life comprises his studies and work, first as a doctor, then as the head of the Orphan Home in Krochmalna Street in Warsaw, and as the author of various texts aimed at both young and adult readers. This biography also presents the rules of social life at Korczak\u2019s orphanage, which were revolutionary for their times. It also portrays the other main guardian at the Home, Stefania Wilczy\u0144ska<\/a>, known as Pani Stefa. As is the case in other stories about Korczak, the Holocaust puts a tragic end to the Po drugiej stronie okna<\/i>. Under a Nazi directive, the Orphan Home must be relocated into the Ghetto<\/a>, where it becomes extraordinarily difficult to run. On 5 August 1942, the residents of the orphanage are removed from the building and directed to the Umschlagplatz<\/span><\/a>, the starting point of the train journey to the extermination camp in Treblinka<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Czerwi\u0144ska-Rydel\u2019s book does not devote much space to the war and the Holocaust in general, each event connected to them is depicted in great detail. Once Nazi air raids start, Korczak arranges a game for the children to inconspicuously teach them about evacuation. The pedagogue strives to protect the orphans from the occupant\u2019s ensuing repressions. He turns the relocation to the Ghetto into a cheerful parade, and bricks up the windows of the orphanage to prevent his pupils from watching the horrendous scenes in the streets. He supports “his children” until the very end, comforting them even on their final train journey to Treblinka. Czerwi\u0144ska-Rydel\u2019s narrative, as opposed to the historical fate of the group, ends on an uplifting note: “On the other side of the [train car] window, there was the bright, cloudless August sky”. The text is accompanied by the remarkable graphics, composed of archival photographs, “handwritten” notes on the margins and folded corners hiding “secrets” \u2013 quotations from Korczak\u2019s books.<\/span><\/p>\n

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