Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Where have all the graveyards gone? Gone to flowers, everyone! - Korczaks Rozyczka summer camp revisited

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone
The tulips and the sunflowers on the photo above probably remember the happy days and happy children at Rózyczka prior to WWII.
The very last picture of Janusz Korczaks summer camp Rozyczka, probably taken during 1960 and published in Polish Stolica magasin 1961. The tulips and sunflowers on the photo above probably remember the happy days and happy children at Rózyczka prior to WWII.


Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago


When revisiting the site of Janusz Korczaks summer camp Rozyczka last week, I was thinking , singing inside my head "Where have all the flowers gone?", song by Pete Seeger.Pete Seeger wrote the first three verses. 

The last two verses
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

were added in 1960 by Joe Hickerson, who made it a “circular” song, returning in the end to the flowers that were gone.

"Where have all the flowers gone?", song by Pete Seeger.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where…


Rózyczka 1929. Members of the Youth bord om the camp.



Rózyczka - gymnastics - the main building behind the trees.

In the middle - main building of Rózyczka and above it additional three buildings. Picture taken by Luftwaffe in 1944.



Monday, November 18, 2019