Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), 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.
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 |
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.
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