A Field of Buttercups

Frederick Muller Ltd, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Black and white photographic frontispiece of Dr. Janusz Korczak. Dark brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This is the story of Dr. Janusz Korczak's and his orphanage 'Our Home Orphanage 1939-42'. Dr. Janusz Korczak Created his orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, and, when the Nazis invaded he and his children were transferred to the Warsaw ghetto. This was the time when the Nazis were ramping up their efforts to finalise their policy of "the final solution" (at its height 10,000 Jews were exported to various concentration camps, a week). "The Hour Home orphanage was evacuated on August 5th, 1942. Korczak because of his wide reputation as an educationalist, was offered the chance to save himself, but he declined and stayed with his two hundred orphans. Later, at Treblinka, he and his children were gassed to death." -- from the front panel blurb. And, the title of the book? When the children had their yellow Star of David armbands removed, in Treblinka, and were thrown on to the ground they looked like a field of buttercups. Rubbing of the book edges with some patchy fading to the top book edges. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. A little chipping of the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. Rubbing of the panels with a hint of fading to the backstrip. Staining to the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 219, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; Holocaust; Poland; WW II; Inventory No: 0129964. .