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This picture keeps coming up in my searches. I do not know the author; I will gladly give credit if I find out. This picture continues to haunt me, that tiny hand holding the arm of Irena Sendler. So much sadness, yet tenderness and beauty.

I saw this charming piece of folk art for sale; it was carved by a gentleman by the name of Mieczyslaw Tawadzlu in Lukow, Poland, a town famous for this form of folk art. I wish I had enough zloty to purchase it!

One of my contacts informed me of another Janusz Korczak medallion, one that I have never before seen. It was minted in Czestochowa, in 1979, the centennary of his birth.

The Polish inscription reads, I was told, "The knowledge of life to children."

Dimensions are 103 mm x 68 mm (4“ x 2⅝”). The bronze medal weighs 520 g (about 18.5 oz.).

I wish this beauty were in my collection, but I cannot afford to be purchasing these things at this time. However, I can at least add it to my virtual collection.

This postcard was issued in 2010, commemorating the centennial of Irena Sendler's Birth.

A scene from the beautiful film, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler."