Book Talk
English novelist, Elisabeth (Liz) Gifford, made a surprise visit to the Jacob Gitlin Library recently. Her book, The Good Doctor of Warsaw, is a popular one at the Library, since it tells the story of famed hero of the Warsaw Ghetto, Janusz Korczak.
She was prompted to write the story having first encountered the man’s thinking in his role as an educator. “His outlook changed my perspective as a mother and teacher,” she explains. “His life has timeless lessons in caring for children and also timely historic lessons. When I wrote the book I thought that the political situation then could never be repeated, so the present rise in antisemitism was a shock.”
The book, published in 2018, is available at the Gitlin Library.
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