Tens of thousands of Jewish children were orphaned during World War I and in the subsequent years of conflict. In response, Jewish leaders in Poland established CENTOS, the Central Union of Associations for Jewish Orphan Care. Through CENTOS, social workers and other professionals cooperated to offer Jewish children the preparation necessary to survive during a turbulent period. They established new organizations that functioned beyond the authority of the recognized Jewish community and with the support of Polish officials. The work of CENTOS exemplifies the community’s goal to build a Jewish future. Translations of sources from CENTOS publications in Yiddish and Polish describe the lives of the orphaned Jewish children and the tireless efforts of adults to better the children’s circumstances.
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Introduction
I: A History of CENTOS
II: Descriptions of Homes for Children
The “Orphanage in Pinsk”
Ben-Levi
The Publication of the Home for Orphans in Lwów, Zborowska 8
Maks Schaff
Childish Stubbornness: Notes of a Teacher
Tsvi Tarlovski
Pen Strokes (From My Inspections in the Provinces)
A. Goldin
Images of Youth in School Publications
Leon Gutman
The Strike: An Image of Dormitory Life
Yakov Sarner
III: Home for Jewish Children and Farm in Helenówek
Education or Crime? From the Diary of an Educator
Yekhiel Ben-Tsiyon Kats
IV: CENTOS in Otwock
The Therapeutic and Educational Institution in Otwock (Three Months of Activity)
Zofia Rosenblum
Awakening in an Institution (Images of an Institution for Defective Children in Otwock)
Kalman Lis
Two Visits in CENTOS
Helena Boguszewska
Five Years of CENTOS Activity in Otwock
Zofia Rosenblum
Working with Abnormal Children: On Eight Years of CENTOS in Otwock
Abraham Berger
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Index
Sobre el autor
Sean Martin is the author of
Jewish Life in Cracow, 1918-1939. He is Associate Curator for Jewish History at Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.
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