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| The front cover features segments of a photo from a summer camp in Gocławek from 1938. Next to Janusz Korczak (wearing a hat) stands the author, Mister Misza – Michał Wasserman Wróblewski, and below him are four children. The photo is superimposed on a letter from Korczak dated June 22, 1938, to Jakub Kutalczuk, a former educator at the Orphanage. In the letter, Korczak writes, among other things, "Misza is staying next year, and so are the others." The letter is signed Goldszmit at the bottom. |
With Korczak throughout life.
Michał Wasserman Wróblewski
Cover composition description.
The front cover features segments of a photo from a summer camp in Gocławek from 1938. Next to Janusz Korczak (wearing a cap) stands the author, Mister Misza – Michał Wasserman Wróblewski, and below him are four children. The photo is superimposed on a letter from Korczak dated June 22, 1938, to Jakub Kutalczuk, a former educator at the Orphanage. In the letter, Korczak writes, among other things, "Misza is staying next year, and so are the others." The letter is signed Goldszmit at the bottom.
The back cover features a unique photo taken inside the Orphanage, showing Korczak on the left and Mr. Misza on the right among laughing children. The photograph is displayed over the author's handwritten description of the Korczak Committee's activities during the Stalinist era in Poland, when Korczak's books were harshly criticized and sent to the scrap paper.
Contemporary colorization of photos.
Few could have written about Korczak like this. Closely, simply, intimately, about the essence of his talent, method, and humanity through his own experience and life. For me, Michał Wróblewski was a primary source of knowledge when I was preparing to write a film about Korczak. I read his memoirs years later with great emotion.
Agnieszka Holland, film director
Michał Wróblewski's book is a personal and authentic account of his encounter with Janusz Korczak and his ideals. Coming from Pinsk to Warsaw for university, Wróblewski became a boarder at the Orphanage. He learned about Korczak's unique educational methods and, under his influence, changed his plans and began studying pedagogy. He became one of the most committed educators, participants in everyday life at the "House for Recovered Childhood" on Krochmalna Street. His memoir consists of portraits of the Orphanage's alumni, as well as, of course, the Old Doctor himself, a description of the orphanage's rules of coexistence and functioning, and his own extremely valuable reflections, observations, and comments. A modest book, but wise, insightful, and moving.
Barbara Engelking, professor
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| About the book by Agnieszka Holland, film director, and Barbara Engelking, professor. |
