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Dziecko salonu
275 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Janusz Korczak
162 books114 followersJanusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, also known under the pseudonym "Stary Doktor".
He was born Henryk Goldszmit in Warsaw on July 22, 1878. During his youth, he played with children who were poor and lived in bad neighborhoods; his passion for helping disadvantaged youth continued into his adulthood. He studied medicine and also had a promising career in literature. When he gave up his career in literature and medicine, he changed his name to Janusz Korczak, a pseudonym derived from a 19th century novel, Janasz Korczak and the pretty Swordsweeperlady.
In 1912, Korczak established a Jewish orphanage, Dom Sierot, in a building which he designed to advance his progressive educational theories. He envisioned a world in which children structured their own world and became experts in their own matters. Jewish children between the ages of seven and fourteen were allowed to live there while attending Polish public school and government-sponsored Jewish schools, known as "Sabbath" schools. The orphanage opened a summer camp in 1921, which remained in operation until the summer of 1940.
Besides serving as principal of Dom Sierot and another orphanage, Nasz Dom, Korczak was also a doctor and author, worked at a Polish radio station, was a principal of an experimental school, published a children’s newspaper and was a docent at a Polish university. Korczak also served as an expert witness in a district court for minors. He became well-known in Polish societyand received many awards. The rise of anti-Semitism in the 1930's restricted only his activities with Jews.
In 1934 and 1936, Korczak visited Palestine and was influenced by the kibbutz movement. Following his trips, Korczak was convinced that all Jews should move to Palestine.
The Germans occupied Poland in September 1939, and the Warsaw ghetto was established in November 1940. The orphanage was moved inside the ghetto. Korczak received many offers to be smuggled out of the ghetto, but he refused because he did not want to abandon the children. On August 5, 1942, Korczak joined nearly 200 children and orphanage staff members were rounded up for deportation to Treblinka, where they were all put to death.
Source: Janusz Korczak Communication Center and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
He was born Henryk Goldszmit in Warsaw on July 22, 1878. During his youth, he played with children who were poor and lived in bad neighborhoods; his passion for helping disadvantaged youth continued into his adulthood. He studied medicine and also had a promising career in literature. When he gave up his career in literature and medicine, he changed his name to Janusz Korczak, a pseudonym derived from a 19th century novel, Janasz Korczak and the pretty Swordsweeperlady.
In 1912, Korczak established a Jewish orphanage, Dom Sierot, in a building which he designed to advance his progressive educational theories. He envisioned a world in which children structured their own world and became experts in their own matters. Jewish children between the ages of seven and fourteen were allowed to live there while attending Polish public school and government-sponsored Jewish schools, known as "Sabbath" schools. The orphanage opened a summer camp in 1921, which remained in operation until the summer of 1940.
Besides serving as principal of Dom Sierot and another orphanage, Nasz Dom, Korczak was also a doctor and author, worked at a Polish radio station, was a principal of an experimental school, published a children’s newspaper and was a docent at a Polish university. Korczak also served as an expert witness in a district court for minors. He became well-known in Polish societyand received many awards. The rise of anti-Semitism in the 1930's restricted only his activities with Jews.
In 1934 and 1936, Korczak visited Palestine and was influenced by the kibbutz movement. Following his trips, Korczak was convinced that all Jews should move to Palestine.
The Germans occupied Poland in September 1939, and the Warsaw ghetto was established in November 1940. The orphanage was moved inside the ghetto. Korczak received many offers to be smuggled out of the ghetto, but he refused because he did not want to abandon the children. On August 5, 1942, Korczak joined nearly 200 children and orphanage staff members were rounded up for deportation to Treblinka, where they were all put to death.
Source: Janusz Korczak Communication Center and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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July 25, 20233.5
„Oto nie ma we mnie ani siły czynu, ani siły chcenia”.
Bieda, przemoc, nędza, głód, brak edukacji, pijaństwo, choroba, śmierć – to moje pierwsze skojarzenia z książką Korczaka.
Chyba muszę przyzwyczaić się do tego, że zarówno sama, mimowolnie, wybieram przejmujące lektury, jak i one też – szybko, wręcz z niebywałą łatwością – znajdują mnie („Dziecko salonu” wzięłam z szafki mojej babci, nie bardzo wiedząc, o czym w ogóle jest. To bardzo stare wydanie, z 1980 roku, podejrzewam, że była to pamiątka po ukończeniu jakiegoś poziomu edukacji przez jednego z członków rodziny. Paradoks, że taka trudna lektura zwieńczyła radosne wydarzenie).
I na koniec jeszcze inny ponury obraz:
„Józik spędza pierwszą noc śnieżną, ciemną na cmentarzu, w trumience. Takie miał czyste, niebieskie, jasne oczy”.
Jeśli chodzi o pozytywne obrazy, to świetnie została opisana lekcja gramatyki języka polskiego. Szkoda, że moje zajęcia tak kiedyś nie wyglądały!
„Oto nie ma we mnie ani siły czynu, ani siły chcenia”.
Bieda, przemoc, nędza, głód, brak edukacji, pijaństwo, choroba, śmierć – to moje pierwsze skojarzenia z książką Korczaka.
Chyba muszę przyzwyczaić się do tego, że zarówno sama, mimowolnie, wybieram przejmujące lektury, jak i one też – szybko, wręcz z niebywałą łatwością – znajdują mnie („Dziecko salonu” wzięłam z szafki mojej babci, nie bardzo wiedząc, o czym w ogóle jest. To bardzo stare wydanie, z 1980 roku, podejrzewam, że była to pamiątka po ukończeniu jakiegoś poziomu edukacji przez jednego z członków rodziny. Paradoks, że taka trudna lektura zwieńczyła radosne wydarzenie).
I na koniec jeszcze inny ponury obraz:
„Józik spędza pierwszą noc śnieżną, ciemną na cmentarzu, w trumience. Takie miał czyste, niebieskie, jasne oczy”.
Jeśli chodzi o pozytywne obrazy, to świetnie została opisana lekcja gramatyki języka polskiego. Szkoda, że moje zajęcia tak kiedyś nie wyglądały!
February 28, 2026
pożarłam ją z ogromnym apetytem
właśnie to mam na myśli, kiedy mówię o dziele genialnym – zostałam najpierw dostrzeżona, a później rozpoznana
właśnie to mam na myśli, kiedy mówię o dziele genialnym – zostałam najpierw dostrzeżona, a później rozpoznana
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