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 Light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
 Author: Marrin, Albert

 Publisher:  Knopf (2021)

 Dewey: 940.53
 Classification: Biography
 Physical Description: 400 p., ill., maps, 24 cm

 BTSB No: 604619 ISBN: 9781524701208
 Ages: 12-16 Grades: 7-11

 Subjects:
 Korczak, Janusz, -- 1878-1942
 Treblinka (Concentration camp)
 Pediatricians
 Holocaust victims
 Orphanages -- Poland -- Warsaw -- History
 Holocaust, 1939-1945
 Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)

Price: $10.65

Summary:
A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka.




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