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Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish educator and physician who lived from 1878 to 1942 and became known for his progressive approaches to teaching and child welfare. He is remembered as an influential figure in education and for his advocacy for children's rights during a time of great upheaval in Europe.
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Person
- Born
- 1878-07-21
- Died
- 1942-08-07
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- Born
- 21 July 1878
- Died
- 7 August 1942
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henryk
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Second Polish Republic
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
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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"). 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 moved in with his orphans when the orphanage was forced to move to the ghetto, despite pleas from friends to flee the country. He was murdered when the entire population of the institution was sent to the Treblinka extermination camp during the Grossaktion Warschau of 1942.
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1878 births1942 deaths20th-century Jewish medical doctors20th-century Polish diarists20th-century Polish Jews20th-century pseudonymous writersCommons link from WikidataFlying University alumniGolden Laurel of the Polish Academy of LiteratureHolocaust diaristsJewish agnosticsJewish children's writers