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(en) France, Monde Libertaire - History Pages No. 114 (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:09:18 +0200
We must commend the work of Faber publishers, who for several years have
been making the works of the educator Janusz Korczak available to the
public. They are now reissuing a long-lost work, *The King of Children*.
---- Janusz Korczak was born Henryk Goldszmit in Warsaw on July 22,
1878. Due to his father's illness, he was forced to teach while
beginning to write his first novels. He nevertheless managed to pursue
medical studies while developing a passion for so-called alternative
pedagogies. After becoming a doctor, he specialized in pediatrics. He
then held a dual role: doctor and educator in an orphanage. His passion
for emancipatory pedagogy led him to create a republic of children in
which they took charge of their own lives. Korczak contributed to the
renewal of active learning, using methods borrowed from both Francisco
Ferrer and Célestin Freinet. He attempted to repeat this experience in
kibbutzim before returning to Poland, where, in addition to his work as
a physician and educator, he contributed to raising awareness of the
unique nature of childhood through novels such as *King Matt the First*,
a beautiful fable about the relationship between childhood and freedom.
The author also recalls his role as a journalist and radio storyteller,
in which he always placed the child at the center of his concerns,
seeking to empower them as autonomous individuals in the process of
development. The Nazi invasion of Poland led to the confinement of Jews
in the Warsaw Ghetto. Korczak defended the orphanage he had founded.
Although he had the opportunity to escape, he refused to abandon his
pupils and was deported and murdered along with them at Treblinka on
August 10, 1942. Beyond the murder, what remains is a compelling
literary and educational legacy.
Betty Jean Lifton
Janusz Korczak, The King of Children
Fabert Publishers, 2025, 550 pp. EUR29
https://monde-libertaire.net/?articlen=8844
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