InfoPersons, originating from Poland
Janusz Korczak
Born July 22, 1878 or 1879 in WarsawDied in August, 1942 in Treblinka
His real name was Henryk Goldszmit. He was a famous Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist, known as Old Doctor (Stary Doktor). Korczak was killed with most of his children in a gas chamber in Treblinka.
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Polonica stamps:
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German Fed. Rep. 1978, 13 VII |
Israel 1962, 26 XII |
