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| The plaque in memory of Janusz Korczak on the house in Kiev at Wołodymyrska (street) 47 jby Iwan Hrygoriew |
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| King Matt the First (Polish: Król Maciuś Pierwszy) a children's novel by Korczak, here translated to Ukrainian. |
The plaque in memory of Janusz Korczak was unveiled in Kiev. It was placed on the tenement house in the Ukrainian capital city, where he worked with orphans. In this house he wrote How to Love a Child that was originally to be only a short pamphlet for parents and teachers, but perhaps because WW I was a long war the manuscript grew to hundreds of pages.
When in 1914, the First World War broke out in Europe. Janusz Korczak was 36 years old. He was called into the Russian Army and assigned as chief physician in a division hospital. As his division moved through the Urkraine, he sat up nights in his tent and wrote his first professional book--the Polish title, "Jak kochać dziecko" [How to love a child]. He wrote about nourishment and sleep for infants, about the duty of parents, how to recognize and respect the individuality and the needs of each child. In "Jak kochać dziecko" he wrote about the difficulties of growing up for children. He wrote with humor and with wit, but always with the same plea to the reader - take note!, pay attention!
Korczak's reputation both as writer and physician had by now reached the ears of higher authorities. He was detached from his division and sent to city of Kiev as a pediatric physician. It was here that he met the Polish nurse Maryna Rogowska-Falska, with her own troubled past. She had at one time been been active in the Polish Socialist Party, hence banished to Siberia, now freed.
В 1914—18 гг. Корчак находился на Украине, в частности, в Киеве, где, кроме деятельности военного врача, занимался обустройством детского дома для польских детей, а также написал книгу «Как любить ребёнка».
В 1914—18 гг. Корчак находился на Украине, в частности, в Киеве, где, кроме деятельности военного врача, занимался обустройством детского дома для польских детей, а также написал книгу «Как любить ребёнка».
О чем она? Об уходе за младенцем - да, и об этом тоже. А еще о том, что зачастую под любовью к ребенку мы подразумеваем собственные эгоистичные чувства.
А ребенок не принадлежит никому. Он человек с момента рождения. Личность автора заслуживает отдельного внимания.
Корчак не просто написал книгу о любви к детям, он жил этой любовью и уважением.
