%0 Journal Article %T The Krzeszowice home for war orphans from the perspective of the personality of its creator, Stanisław Jedlewski %A Noszczyk-Bernasiewicz, Monika %J Polish Pedagogical Thought %V X (2024) %R 10.4467/24504564PMP.24.016.19970 %N Issue 10 %P 309-324 %K Stanisław Jedlewski, State Department of Education and Science in Krzeszowice, orphanage, upbringing, education %@ 2450-4572 %D 2024 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/polska-mysl-pedagogiczna/article/krzeszowicki-dom-dla-wojennych-sierot-w-perspektywie-osobowosci-jego-tworcy-stanislawa-jedlewskiego %X The article describes the educational environment of the State Department of Education and Science in Krzeszowice, organised by Stanisław Jedlewski. The facility was portrayed through the experiences of its residents. The impact of the charismatic personality and high education of the facility's director on the educational atmosphere and forms of work with the students were analysed. These two factors were shown to play a key role in achieving the desired educational outcomes. Presenting the characteristics of the establishment and its functioning also offers an opportunity to show the dramatic fate of the Polish nation and the determination of an outstanding person who was able to successfully influence the fate of hundreds of people who had found themselves in a difficult life situation.