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May 6, 1990 · Korczak: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala. The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto.
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- Biography, Drama, War
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1990-05-06
Henryk Goldszmit had become a Polish icon in the 1930s through his writings, teachings, and radio programs for children, under the name of Janusz Korczak. When the kids from his Warsaw orphanage were to be deported to the gas chambers of Treblinka, he refused to abandon them, and with them he died in the Holocaust.
Apr 12, 1991 · In the film's first and last burst of cinematic imagination, Mr. Wajda watches the train transporting Korczak and the children to Treblinka. Suddenly the last boxcar becomes unhooked. It slows to ...
- Andrzej Wajda
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NR. 1990. 7.4 (1,579) Set in the early years of World War II, Korczak is a deeply moving and powerful drama that tells the story of Dr. Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish doctor and writer who was best known for his work advocating for children's rights.
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- Andrzej Wajda
Janusz Korczak, the penname of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish-Jewish educator, a children's author, a doctor and an educator. In Poland, he is most well-known for his kids’ book Król Maciuś Pierwszy (King Matt the First), which every Polish child reads in school. Abroad, the Old Doctor, as he was known, is mainly associated with his work ...
Janusz Korczak. 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. Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, a Polish Jewish doctor and author.
Jan 6, 2019 · In 2012, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, the Sejm, declared the Year of Janusz Korczak, marking 70 years since his death and 100 since he founded his orphans’ home. “This allowed us ...
