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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Janusz Korczak

Nashville Puppeteer Brian Hull's adaptation of Janusz Korsczak's children's book 'Kaytek the Wizard' has played across the country.(BriAnimations Living Entertainment/via JTA)
January 6, 2019, 6:48 am
Polish Jewish children’s rights pioneer honored 70 years after his murder
Author, pediatrician and activist Janusz Korczak accompanied 190 orphans to Treblinka rather than escape with his life; now his work is being immortalized for sold-out audiences
By Ben Harris
Jewish Olympians murdered during the Holocaust included, from left, Lilli Henoch, Attila Petschauer, Victor Perez and Eddy Hamel. (Public domain)
August 21, 2016, 12:39 pm
The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims
Largely forgotten, at least 30 Jewish Olympians were murdered in the Holocaust, often displaying uncommon heroism in the face of death
By Matt Lebovic
“The Book of Aron: A Novel,” by Jim Shepard, winner of the Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature.
January 12, 2016, 4:36 pm
Book on 8-year-old Warsaw Ghetto boy wins Jewish literature medal
Told in the voice of a Korczak orphan, ‘The Book of Aron: A Novel’ tops category at major US literary conference
By JTA
In this photo taken Tuesday, November 10, 2015, artist Itzchak Belfer, who grew up in an orphanage headed by Janusz Korczak, displays a painting of his mentor at his house in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
November 19, 2015, 12:12 pm
Israeli artist draws upon fading memory of Holocaust victim Korczak
Itzchak Belfer celebrates Polish educator who went voluntarily with nearly 200 Jewish orphans to a Nazi death camp
By Aron Heller
Janusz Korczak monument in Warsaw, 27 October 2010 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Jan Bohdan Chmielewski, public domain)
March 30, 2015, 9:45 pm
Court confirms Janusz Korczak was killed in Treblinka
Official date of death of Polish-Jewish humanitarian changed to reflect that he died in the Holocaust
By JTA
The most famous image out of the Warsaw Ghetto. (photo credit: courtesy of the USHMM)
April 18, 2013, 8:42 pm
The ultimate emblem of resistance: the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On the revolt’s 70th anniversary, exploring how Jews fought to determine their own fates and how that ethos influenced Israel
By Matt Lebovic
A painting that still hangs in a cathedral in Sandomierz, Poland, depicts Jews murdering Christian children for their blood. (Courtesy of Zygmunt Miłoszewski)
January 26, 2013, 5:27 pm
Crime novelist finds ‘Truth’ in anti-Semitic blood libel
Polish writer Zygmunt Miłoszewski explains how an ancient lie inspired his latest book — newly available in English — and reflects on the charged history of Jews in Poland
By Matt Lebovic
August 7, 2012, 11:15 am
Poland honors Janusz Korczak on 70th anniversary of death
A plaque was installed on the site of the last location of Korczak’s orphanage as part of a series of commemorative events in the Korczak Year campaign
August 1, 2012, 3:00 pm
Janusz Korczak musical selections nixed for Treblinka
Date would have marked 70 years to Korczak’s murder; ‘The presentation of the musical could undermine the seriousness of this place’
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