The teacher of Warsaw, a novel, Mario Escobar
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The teacher of Warsaw, a novel, Mario Escobar
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The teacher of Warsaw
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1315489011
Responsibility statement
Mario Escobar
Sub title
a novel
Summary
September 1, 1939. Sixty-year-old Janusz Korczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when the Nazis invade. Suddenly treated as an outcast in his city, Janusz a respected leader known for his heroism and teaching is determined to do whatever it takes to protect the children from the horrors to come. When over four hundred thousand Jewish people are rounded up and forced to live in the 1.3-square-mile walled compound of the Warsaw ghetto, Janusz and his friends take drastic measures to shield the children from disease and starvation. With dignity and courage, the teachers and students of Dom Sierot create their tiny army of love and bravely prepare to march toward the future whatever it may hold
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