Wednesday, October 7, 2026

7/10 - difficult day - therefore just one photo related to Janusz Korczak and his newspaper the Little Review.


A Severe Critic.
he thinks that he is the only clever one and everyone else is stupid
He signs his name everywhere
Korczak because he is famous
He writes everything himself and doesn't allow
anyone else to write and only
laughs. Please put this in the newspaper
                                    Miron
This clipping from "Little Review" (December 1926) is another brilliant piece of evidence showing how unique and uncompromising Mały Przegląd truly was.

Printing a handwritten, remarkably sharp letter from a child who openly criticizes Janusz Korczak himself—accusing him of narcissism, monopolizing the writing, and laughing at others—demonstrates absolute respect for the young reader's subjectivity. Korczak did not censor this voice; he did not take offense, nor did he attempt an authoritarian self-defense. On the contrary, he put Miron's grievance on public display as an official facsimile under "Notes for the Editor." By doing so, he proved that in his newspaper, a child had the right to judge an adult as an absolute equal.