It was very interesting to find about Janusz Korczak, who opened orphanage of his own design for Jewish children in Warsaw. What a visionary man! In the orphanage he formed a kind of republic for children with its own small parliament, court and newspaper. The book made me think of Warsaw ghetto. I read about it in details first time I got hold of book Mila 18 by Leon Uris. It told the story of the Warsaw ghetto and its resistance at some point. Unfortunately resistance was eventually crushed and the people in the building were burned. At the age of 18 I had an opportunity to listen to the story of Warsaw ghetto survivor. Reading the novel I found that Germans took great care in developing propaganda aimed at Polish people to make them believe that for all of their troubles Jews were guilty. When I look illustration on the cover page of the picture book it makes me think of this brave man, who sacrificed his life to stay and help the children even though he had an opportunity to ran away.
After reading the story students can describe ways people get along in the community. Students would also offer explanations about why they think Dr. Korzcak chose to lead the children and staff to the train and to Treblinka, concentration camp.
We would also touch upon the ways Korzcak's view of a child influenced the general understanding of children's rights.
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