Champion of the Child - Janusz Korczak

Thu 1 Feb to Sun 8 Apr. 129-131 Albert Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 7NB. Sara Priem, 0207 284 1997. The Jewish Museum, Finchley - [email][events]

This inspiring exhibition tells the extraordinary story of Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), a Polish-Jewish doctor, educator and children's author who devoted his life to establishing and defining the rights of the child. Drawing on objects, paintings, photographs and Korczak’s own writings, the exhibition tracks his rise to status of Polish National hero and highlights his courage as director of a Jewish orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto. Refusing all offers for his own rescue, Korczak ultimately chose to accompany the orphans to their death in the Treblinka concentration camp. The universalism of Korczak's message and the effect of his teachings on modern thinking are examined in the exhibition, which highlights the treatment of children today.