Janusz Korczak | |
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 Janusz Korczak, photographed c. 1930 | |
| Born | Henryk Goldszmit 22 July 1878 |
| Died | c. 7 August 1942 (aged 64) Treblinka extermination camp, German-occupied Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Children's author, humanitarian, pediatrician, child pedagogue and defender of children's rights |
| Website | korczak |
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit[1] (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942),[2] was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor ("Mr. Doctor") or Stary Doktor ("Old Doctor"). He was an early children's rights advocate, in 1919 drafting a children's constitution.
After spending many years working as a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw, he refused sanctuary repeatedly and stayed with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent from the ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp during the Grossaktion Warschau of 1942.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
yadvashemwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Changed date of death shows Janusz Korczak was killed in Treblinka". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Sandra Joseph, Institute of Education in London (July–August 2002). "POLE APART - the life and work of Janusz Korczak". Young Minds Magazine 59. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2012.