Sabina Leizerowicz, or "Pani Saba" as she was called (second from the left), was one of Janusz Korczak’s most loyal associates. She was also my father's favorite among the staff. She was a sewing teacher, and her classroom was located on the same floor where the young teachers lived (the mezzanine). Sabina Leizerowicz was murdered along with Janusz Korczak, Pani Stefa, and the 239 children. She was 32 years old. Sewing room at the Orphans' Home on Krochmalna 92. Probably April-May, 1940. The photo is one of 462 pictures taken for the JOINT organization. Behind the open window of the sewing room, the so-called "Small House" (Mały Domek) is visible.
In Janusz Korczak´s Orphans’ Home at 92 Krochmalna Street, in March 1940 (during WWII). The Society for the Promotion of Vocational and Agricultural Work among Jews (ORT) organized a tailoring and linen workshop, open daily except on Saturdays (Shabbat), from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The workers (20 people)—aged 14 to 24—were mostly current or former residents of the Orphans’ Home and the boarding house on Krochmalna, the Orphans’ Home at 7 Grzybowski Square, and the Youth Home at 27 Twarda Street. The head of the sewing room at the Orphans' Home was Ms. Saba Lejzerowicz.
Stefa Wilczyńska described this project with the following words: "Seven workers," she writes, "eat lunch on-site, covering this expense by sewing for the establishment (lunch is calculated at 1 PLN). The girls work with enthusiasm and are making progress.
