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Janusz Korczak
Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 21 July 1878
- Died
- 7 August 1942
- Conflict
- Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Polish–Soviet War
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
- Place of death
- Treblinka extermination camp
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Henryk
- Family name
- Goldszmit
- Father
- Józef Goldszmit
- Mother
- Cecylia Gębicka
- Field of work
- pediatrics, pedagogy
- Occupation
- pedagogue, pediatrician, children's writer, screenwriter, educator, human rights defender, philosopher, opinion journalist, physician, writer
- Citizenship
- Second Polish Republic
- Religion
- Judaism
- Awards
- Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Order of the White Eagle, Silver Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- birth name
- Henryk Goldszmit
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary, ProDetLit, Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Imperial University of Warsaw, Flying University
- employer
- Bersohns and Baumans Children's Hospital, Imperial Russian Army, Free Polish University, Polish Armed Forces
- ethnic group
- Ashkenazi Jews
- manner of death
- homicide
- member of
- freemasonry
- name in native language
- Janusz Korczak
- notable work
- How to Love a Child, King Matt the First, Little King Matty...and the Desert Island, Kaytek the Wizard
- place of burial
- Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Stary Doktor, Pan Doktor, Janusz Korczak
- topic's main category
- Category:Janusz Korczak
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