Janusz Korczak

✶July 21, 1878

†August 5, 1942

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Janusz Korczak, actually Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish military and pediatrician as well as a children's book author and important educator of Jewish descent. He became known primarily for his work on behalf of children, particularly in a Jewish orphanage. He voluntarily accompanied the children from his orphanage when they were deported by the German occupiers to an extermination camp, even though that also meant death for him.

Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)

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