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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").
Learn about Janusz Korczak, a Polish Jewish doctor and author who ran a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw and stayed with the children until they were deported to Treblinka in 1942. Explore his life, work, and legacy as a champion of children's rights and a Holocaust victim.
He wrote over twenty books, many of them about children's rights and child's life experience in the adult world. Among his most influential works we find: "How to Love the Child" (1921), "King Matt the Reformer" (1928), "The Child's Right to Respect" (1929) and, "Rules for Living" (1930).
Learn about Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor, author and educator who founded a progressive orphanage in Warsaw. He refused to leave the ghetto and was killed by the Nazis in 1942.
Jun 7, 2019 · Learn about Janusz Korczak, a paediatrician, author and educator who founded an orphanage in Warsaw and stayed with the children throughout the Holocaust. Discover his life, works and legacy as a Righteous Gentile who died in Treblinka camp.
Sep 13, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of Janusz Korczak, a Polish physician, writer and educator who ran a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw and died in a Nazi death camp. Read his diary entries, his books and his views on child rights and education.
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Read the diary entries of Janusz Korczak, a Polish Jewish doctor and writer who directed a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw and accompanied the children to Treblinka in 1942. Learn about his views on childcare, his struggles with the ghetto conditions, and his final decision to stay with the children.
