Resist despair and helplessness with hope

A reading of the diaries of Janusz Korczak

Authors

  • Manfred Liebel Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas Potsdam. Alemania
  • Urszula Markowska-Manista Universidad de Varsovia. Polonia.Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas Potsdam. Alemania

Abstract

The essay is dedicated to the life and work of Janusz Korczak (1878–1942), a Jewish-Polish pediatrician, pedagogue and novelist. On the basis of the diaries written by Korczak in his youth and in the months before his murder in the Treblinka extermination camp, the authors discuss how Korczak could withstand the extreme stresses of his life and produce an unprecedented educational and literary work. The biographical essay focuses on the question of the extent to which the concept of resilience is suitable for understanding Korczak’s life and how this concept itself needs to be reconsidered.

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Author Biography

Manfred Liebel, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas Potsdam. Alemania

Sociólogo, PhD, Catedrático, director del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales sobre Infancia y Juventud en la Academia Internacional Berlín y de la Maestría "Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights" en la Universidad Libre de Berlín.

Published

01-09-2019

How to Cite

Liebel, M., & Markowska-Manista, U. (2019). Resist despair and helplessness with hope: A reading of the diaries of Janusz Korczak. Millcayac - Revista Digital De Ciencias Sociales, 6(11), 415–442. Retrieved from https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/millca-digital/article/view/2234