“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”

― Jorge Luis Borges

 

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Poland, Warsaw, the Orphanage for Jewish Children. Once upon a time, Blumka lived here, along with the director, Doctor Korczak, the teacher, Mrs. Stefa, and two hundred children. Among the children was Zygmuś, who saved a fish’s life, Reginka, whose stories could brighten the darkest night, Pola, who tried to grow a pea inside her ear, Chaimek, who was brought to trial by ants, Szymek who won an onion-peeling competition…and a little mouse for whom crumbs of food magically appeared every day. Blumka recorded all of this in her diary, and when words failed her she followed the stories with drawings. Until the day war broke out... Is it fantasy? Some of it is. But there was an orphanage in Warsaw, Poland, and there was a pediatrician, Doctor Janusz Korczak, who had managed it with wisdom and kindness. And maybe there was in the orphanage a boy like Kajtek, a boy who believed he has secret, magical powers. “The Wizard of Warsaw” is a classic tale of good and evil, of kindness and cruelty, of the innocent threatened by the sinister. Will Kajtek’s magic save the orphanage and the children? This YA graphic novel honours the true story of Doctor Korczak, a leader in children's rights, who ultimately chose to die together with his orphans. Facts and fiction combine here in a magical realism to give us a glimpse into one of the darkest times in history.

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