Biography
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 childrens constitution.
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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Birthday1878-07-22
Deathday1942-08-07 (64 years old)
Birth NameHenryk Goldszmit
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Poland
Also Known AsHenryk Goldszmit, Stary Doktor, Pan Doktor
AwardsPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Order of the White Eagle, Silver Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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