Janusz Korczak

Description: (Polish Jewish Educator, Children’s Author and Pedagogue)
A reputed Polish doctor, Henryk Goldszmit was better known by his pseudonym, Janusz Korczak, which he used to write several children’s books. Apart from working as a pediatrician and a military doctor, he also owned a Jewish orphanage and stayed with the children while the Germans deported him and other staff to Treblinka.

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Birthday July 22, 1878 (Cancer)
Died on August 7, 1942
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