Memory Boom and Imaginarium of Holocaust in Polish Literature for Young Readers

The article is an attempt to show the changes that have place in the literary representation of the Holocaust in works addressed to young audience. The author presents individual titles of texts including them in the extremely popular today post-memory narrative and Polish educational policy. Particular attention is devoted to books published in the Year of Korczak which were not only meant to familiarize young audiences with this great teacher but also to recall the figures of women who supported Korczak in his activities. In this sense the texts that tell about the Holocaust also testify to the presence and role of women in building a great pedagogical work created by Korczak and thus into fit into the modern phenomenon of herstory. The article is a voice in the discussion on the role of memory which among other things, cannot be petrified on the literary topos of the Holocaust, but should occupy a central place in the pedagogy of empathy.