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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").
Janusz Korczak was a well-known doctor and author who ran a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw from 1911 to 1942. Korczak and his staff stayed with their children even as German authorities deported them all to their deaths at Treblinka in August 1942.
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).
Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish writer, paediatrician, and advocate for children’s rights. A popular author and broadcaster in pre-war Poland, Korczak was forced into the Warsaw Ghetto where he continued to care for the needs of orphans.
Jun 7, 2019 · Born in Poland 1878 as Henrky Goldszmit, Janusz Korczak was a paediatrician, author of children’s books and a pedagogue. During the Holocaust, he refused sanctuary multiple times in order to stay with the children of an orphanage he both was director and founder of, Dom Sierot.
The Old Doctor was not just the author of books about Matt and Kaytek, a pedagogue, and a precursor of children's rights and their carer. Who was Janusz Korczak, really? A Korczak unknown to many of us….
Janusz Korczak. (1878 - 1942) The Holocaust | Warsaw Ghetto. Janusz Korczak was born Henryk Goldsmit in Warsaw on July 22, 1878. During his youth, he played with children who were poor and lived in bad neighborhoods; his passion for helping disadvantaged youth continued into his adulthood.
Physician, pedagogue, writer, journalist and social activist. Born as Henryk Goldszmit on the 22nd of July 1878 or 1879 in Warsaw, died on the 6th of August 1942 in Treblinka.
Janusz Korczak was an inspirational teacher and writer who cared passionately about the rights and welfare of children. He founded an orphanage in Warsaw and stayed with the children through the Ghetto and transport to the Treblinka death camp.
Janusz Korczak was the pen name used by Henryk Goldszmit, a Polish Jewish doctor known for his children's books and his groundbreaking views on childcare. 1 He directed a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw from 1912 until his death in 1942.
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