Newsletter #6 - Janusz Korczak Association

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Janusz Korczak in Canada In 2008, twenty six parcels with substantial number of cloth items were sent to the Janusz Korczak Educational Center for Children with Special Needs in Szerzawa/Mogilno; the Center for Children Support in Ilawa; the Daycare N 217 of Sisters of Mary’s Family in Warsaw, and the Education Center in Skierniewice - all of them in Poland. 12 Janusz Korczak Association of Canada Support for Children in Poland We received a letter from the education center in Poland with children’s photographs attached to it, thanking us for our support.
KORCZAK By Magdalena Lazarkiewicz (Excerpts) Translated from the Polish by Chris Szafnicki This drama based on the screenplay of the movie “Korczak” by Agnieszka Holland (the movie directed by Andrzej Wajda) was written in 2008. The play was staged in Himmawari Theatre in Nagoya, Japan. Korczak on stage in Japan. Introduction There are two parallel arrangements in which the play is staged: a) The realistic one, which is the narration of the events in linear order of Janusz Korczak‘s real life story along with the events of the history of his Orphans‘ Home during 1939 – 1942. The story begins with summer holidays immediately before the outbreak of war and continues until the moment when the orphans start their last march from the Warsaw Ghetto to the deportation station (Umschlagplatz); b) The fictional one which presents Korczak’s reflections comprising excerpts from his diary and other writings (mainly from his work How to Love a Child). How people remember Korczak Stage space consists of a few walls (a type of the semi- transparent screens) on which some images will be projected. Those images will show different interiors such as the Orphanage‘s dormitory, Doctor‘s office, a courtyard, a street in the Ghetto, German police station, or a popular restaurant or in yet another case – the site of the Jewish local administration. Music in the show consists of two layers: ~ The authentic songs, sung live by actors such as a lullaby, a popular street performer‘s song, children‘s song, etc. ~ The prerecorded arrangements based on the original Jewish tunes. 11 adult actors, 6 actors from 6 to 15 of age and a few more children playing orphans. From Scene II Maryna Falska’s office in the Polish orphanage “Our Home” (A warm and cozy light is lit. Korczak is sitting in an armchair sipping tea. Near at the couch sits Maryna Falska, director of the Polish Orphanage) KORCZAK (Sipping the tea with gusto) How beautiful, how peaceful... A good tea, a cake... We are sitting and talking. This seems unreal. MARYNA We have to try to have a normal life in spite of everything. (Pausing, suppressing tears) I am so sorry about the death of Jozek. KORCZAK Perhaps it is we who are worse off for being still alive. (Changing the tone) In two days the Jewish orphanage will be moved to the Ghetto. MARYNA (Covering the face with her hands) What! Oh, no! (Maryna stands up and nervously walks across the room back and forth) KORCZAK I have tried everything but I was told that there would be no exceptions. I was lucky to swap buildings with the Polish school that happens to be inside the Ghetto. After the war we will come back to our building. Janusz Korczak Association of Canada 13
Page 1 and 2: Number 6 - September 2009
Page 3 and 4: My Life and My Books in the Shadow
Page 5 and 6: Do you remember, Miriam? After the
Page 7 and 8: About My Own Vineyard by Miriam Aka
Page 9 and 10: Poetry of Resilience By Lillian Bor
Page 11: Dr. Bozena Karwowska. Photo by M. R
Page 15 and 16: GERMAN SOLDIER Stop! Stop! Korczak
Page 17 and 18: A Mother’s Prayer Translated from
Page 19 and 20: Israel The International Janusz Kor
Page 21 and 22: "Korczak's Post Office" in Cambridg
Page 23 and 24: The Vigil of Janusz Korczak by a Ca

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