Category «Janusz Korczak»

Lillian on the Front Page of This Week’s Jewish Independent

Lillian appeared in The Jewish Independent this week after a presentation by Senator Murray Sinclair at the University of British Columbia on the impact of residential schools: Vancouver author Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, a board member of the Korzcak association and a child survivor of the Holocaust, contextualized the lecture in the spirit of Korczak’s legacy. Korczak …

Legacy of Hope for Kids

From The Jewish Independent, December 1, 2017: The event was moderated by Kit Krieger of the UBC faculty of education, who is also an Honorary Life Fellow of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. It featured a moving presentation by local author, JKAC board member and child survivor Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, who described Korczak as “my father’s …