Dzieci Warszawy – okoliczności

Abstract

The author analyzes the novel Dzieci Warszawy (Children of Warsaw) by Maria Zarębińska-Broniewska, which, as he notes, is difficult to classify as masterpiece of Polish prose written with children’s readers in mind. The importance of the book is determined by the fact that in 1959 it entered the broad “canon”, the “school reading list”, where it was listed until the end of the 1970s. It was the only Polish book addressed to children that told about the situation of a ghetto escapee and about hiding Jews during World War II. Dzieci Warszawy (Children of Warsaw) were included in reading suggestions for the fourth grade of primary school – in the educational system at that time, it was the last year closing the cycle of early childhood education. The novel published in “Przyjaciel” (Friend) – the most popular magazine for children at that time – was the only text in which a Jew appeared.