A Hero and the Holocaust: The Story of Janusz Korczak and His Children
David A. Adler, 2002. This beautiful story depicts the life of a doctor who ran an orphanage for Jewish children in the years leading up to and into the Holocaust. Korczak gained fame as an author and a respected authority on raising children. When he and his "children" were forced first into a Jewish ghetto in Poland, and later onto a train to the concentration camp Treblinka, he did so with dignity and honor. Be prepared for a touching ending!
Total Score: 18/18
Curriculum matches: Holocaust, WWII, religions of the world
Resources to teach: Click here to view testimony from a survivor of the Treblinka concentration camp. Click here to get more information on the German occupation of Poland. Click here for more information on the life of Janusz Korczak
Total Score: 18/18
Curriculum matches: Holocaust, WWII, religions of the world
Resources to teach: Click here to view testimony from a survivor of the Treblinka concentration camp. Click here to get more information on the German occupation of Poland. Click here for more information on the life of Janusz Korczak
