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Janusz Korczak and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto
In this episode of The Story of Poland, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable life and legacy of Janusz Korczak, the pioneering children's educator, author, and doctor who refused to abandon the orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto. They trace Korczak's early career running an innovative Jewish orphanage in prewar Warsaw, his progressive educational methods that gave children genuine self-government, and his refusal to flee Poland as Nazi persecution intensified. The conversation focuses on his final months in the ghetto, where he ran a desperate school and shelter for 200 children, and his…
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