Published : 2021-12-08

Korczak by the Window

A Heuristic Metaphorical Thinking in the Memoirs by Janusz Korczak

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Memoirs consists of Janusz Korczak’s last writings. This piece was written within the walls of the Warsaw ghetto during the last three months of life of the author. Autobiographical accents intertwine with historical facts pertaining to the situation at that time. The most important, final part written a day prior to the transportation of Korczak together with orphans to the Treblinka extermination camp, contains ten fragments with a common scene by the window. The article constitutes an attempt of a hermeneutic search for meanings hidden behind these short, at first glance unrelated stories.

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Memoirs, Janusz Korczak, metaphor, window, autobiography



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Rudnicki, Z. (2021). Korczak by the Window: A Heuristic Metaphorical Thinking in the Memoirs by Janusz Korczak. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna, 6(1), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2021.06.29

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1