36 Friday, February 16, 1919 Disco Parties by THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Korczak Memorialized on Anniversary of His Birth By GITTA SILBER World Zionist Organization JERUSALEM — The time — Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1942, in the middle of World War - II. The place — the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi- occupied Poland. An elderly man, holding a child in his I IL III 170. Dan Sandberg 353-6699 eftErth: (Out c.Soutfifizici S'afon. on. 9 Sl4dE cRoact of f of out og..Es 67-EtgtEzn. and foinzd f 3.afond in o 2Enin9 on. Sl4on.clay5 f ot gout con.c7E.nizne.z. colt on &sing to 1,ECEICTE 1/13 Of any fait-catz 5.ZZCTICZ. Coupon good fot gout fit o4 onS14onclayl, f ot a Eimitzci timE. R I Ps rs Orchard Mall Orchard Lake at Maple West Bloomfield 826-0300 Southfield - 22918 Evergreen S. of 9 Mile 353-7722 Rochester Great Oaks Mall Walton & Livernois 652-0026 Bloomfield Hills 1083 W. Long Lk. Rd. W. of Telegraph 646-3212 IN IN NS NM Ell BM MN MB MB UN 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 arms, marches calmly at the head of about 200 children of the Jewish ghetto through the streets that lead to the - assembly point, "Umschlagplatz," from where Jews are sent to their death in the gas chambers of Treblinka. The man was Dr. Janusz Korczak and this was the tragic end of his heroic struggle for the physical survival of his 200 homeless Jewish orphans in the ghetto. The famous Jewish- Polish author and eminent pedagogue, whose 100th anniversary is now being universally marked, be- came director of a Jewish orphanage in 1911 and re- tained the post for the rest of his life, devoting -himself entirely to children. He in- troduced what were then revolutionary concepts such as self-government and a regular newspaper by and for his. pupils. Side by side with his educational work he was also a prolific writer. Based on his experiences, Korczak wrote mostly on pedagogical subjects, his most comprehensive book being "How Does One Love a Child?" (1920-21), an educational masterpiece. With the rise of Hitler and the growth of anti- Semitism in Poland, Korczak's Jewish con- sciousness deepened and he took a growing interest in Eretz Yisrael, becoming a member of the Jewish Agency. leadership. He vis- ited the Holy Land twice — in 1934 and in 1936 — stay- ing for some time at Kibutz 'A Unique Shopping Experience - A Cut Above the Rest!" NOW OPEN AT 26020 W. 12 MILE RD. 354-2666 Southfield Monday Thru Saturday 9-11 Sunday 11-8 MUENSTER CHEESE $ 1 " lb. ROAST BEEF COCO LOPEZ PINA COLADA MIX IMPORTED POMMERY FRENCH MUSTARD $ 1 " '2 '9 SALADS ALL HOME-MADE Potato • Macaroni Cole Slaw • Health 59c lb. INCEM VISA /0=111 (East of Northwestern) • Lleido DEALER COMPLETEINIAATESSEN COUNTER • HOT SANDWICHES • JARLSBERG CHEESE 17 Oz. Crock • Corned Beef • Roast Beef • Pastrami • Sub • Etc. $18 9 Ein Harod. He was highly impressed by the kibutz movement's educational a-nd social achievements. But for his responsibility towards his wards in the orphanage, he would in all probability have settled in Palestine. Seven visits, conversations, flights of steps, interroga- tions. The result: five zlotys and a pledge of five others every month. And on that I'm supposed to keep 200 souls alive!" And from the Warsaw Ghetto diary of Adam "Janusz Korczak and Children," a monument at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem memorial sculpted by a young Russian immigrant, Baruch Sakcier. In 1939, Poland was in- Czerniakov: "... he vaded by the Germans. (Korczak) asked Wedel Though he was a physician (the owner of a chocolate and 61 years of age, Korczak factory) to sell him 50 put on his uniform. This was kilograms of beans. the fourth war in which he When Wedel apologized that he was forbidden to participated. The Nazis at once dif- sell to Jews, Korczak ferentiated between the answered: 'In that case, Jews and the rest of the let me have them as a population. In the bigger gift'." Meanwhile, the stage was centers they concen- trated the Jews in ghet- being set for the Nazi plan for the physical extermina- tos. In 1940, the orphanage tion of European Jewry, was transferred to the War- graced in Nazi terminology - saw Ghetto into which the with the name "the final solution of the Jewish ques- Nazis herded over half-a- million' Jews and sealed tion." Repeated endeavors, in- them off from the outside world. Mortality soared as a cluding a last-minute effort result of mass overcrowd- before his death, were made ing, unemployment, starva- • by Polish admirers to have tion, cold and epidemics. By Korczak agree to be smug- the summer of 1942, gled out of the ghetto. He 100,000 Jews had died in refused disdainfully to the ghetto proper. Con- abandon his charges. And so came the 5th of sequently, the ghetto area was continually narrowed August, 1942. Korczak re- and the orphanage had to ceived the Nazi deportation move three times to stay order. He tells his children to get ready for a picnic in within its confines. Korczak tried to protect the country. They leave the his children as much as was orphanage and walk for a humanly possible under mile, their last walk, led by Korczak and his faithful as- these horrifying conditions, determined that life must sistant of many years, Stafania Wilczynska. All go on. The children con- along, the adults give hope tinued to study and played their usual games. Despite and courage to their wards. Now they reach the constant Nazi surveillance, "Umschlagplatz" where cultural and social ac- tivities continued the the cattle trucks wait for them, bound for the Treb- ghetto. Korczak's biggest prob- linka death camp. An eye-witness who lem was how to keep his worked at the first aid sta- wards alive and well- nourished. He wrote in his tion in the "Umschlagplatz" diary: "I came back crushed recounts: ". . they kept packing them in and there from making the rounds. . 6-PACK OF ASSORTED 12. OZ. CANS • BARRELHEAD ROOT BEER • 1-UP (diet or reg.) • NESTEA • HAWAIIAN PUNCH • ORANGE CRUSH • GRAPE CRUSH 9 dep. $ 1 1 plus ?,.. was still room left. Urged on by the whips, Lnore an more people were jammed into the cars. "Suddenly Schmerlin the sadistic ghetto police o ficer whom the Germaixj had put in charge of the "Umschlagplatz" — com- manded that the children brought to the cars. Korcza went at their head. I'll never forget that sight to the en of my life. It wasn't just man entering a railwa c riage it was a si organized protest the murderers, a march the like of which no human e had ever seen before. "The children went four by-four. Korczak went first with his head high, leadin a child with each hand. The second group was led Stefa Wilczynska. Th went to their death with a look full of contempt for their assassins. When the ghetto policemen s Korczak, they snapped to attention and saluted. 'Who is that man?' asked the Germans." Who, indeed? In his life, Janusz Korczak was legend and in his death he seemed to be a saint. In t indescribably tragic period of the Holocuast, Korczak was an authentic Jewish hero. Rio Will Hay Jewish Mayor RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Dr. Israel Klabin, a lead- ing Brazilian industrialiSt, will take office as mayor March 15, the first Jew to hold that post in the 46() : year history of Rio d Janeiro. He was appoint ,- by Governor-elect Chacas Freitas of Rio de Janeiro State. I ' - Klabin, 53, stems from , traditional Jewish famil that settled in Brazil earl- in the century. Hi grandfather was born Vilna. Klabin heads Klabi Industries, a major corpo tion that owns paper mil and manufactures cellulos and glazed tiles. - s- He has been active i Jewish community affair and served as an adviseit the Israeli government o several occasions. Klabin participated the so-called "mil lionaires conference" Israel's economic de 40 n velopment co th some years ago, late Finance MI a Pinhas Sapir. Klabin also a member of board of governors., Hebrew University - , Jerusalem. The Governor-elect h also named a Jewish jou nalist, Arnaldo Niskier, as secretary of education i the State government. Engineers Nee HAIFA (ZINS) — Am. Horev, president of t Technion - Israel Insti of Technology, predicts1 rael will have a shortage - nearly 10,000 engineera- 1985.