It was during the height of the Final Solution that on August 5, 1942, Nazi SS soldiers surrounded the well-known orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto. They were there to escort Janusz Korczak, his ...

A new English translation of Janusz Korczak’s most cherished pedagogical works has appeared, proving he is still one of the most relevant writers today. But is he also too radical?

In his 1922 novel ‘King Matt the First’, Janusz Korczak depicted a state reformed by a ten-year-old ruler, whose bold theories, however, failed in everyday practice. Here’s the very best of Janusz ...

Here’s the very best of Janusz Korczak’s unorthodox wisdom on children (and adults) – encapsulated in his own words.

Holocaust survivors who were in Janusz Korczak’s orphanage lay a wreath at the Korczak memorial in Jerusalem in 2008. Even marching to a death camp, Korczak never abandoned the children.

In 2012, Poland celebrated the life and work of Henryk Goldszmit – better known by his pseudonym of Janusz Korczak. Remembered today primarily for his contributions to education as a significant ...

For many, the decision would have been difficult, but for Janusz Korczak it wasn’t debatable at all. When in 1942, the Nazis came to the Warsaw Ghetto to transport the Jewish Polish-born ...

“Our mission is two-fold: to raise money for Mr. Roth’s Holocaust Resource Center, and to raise Holocaust awareness through the life story of Janusz Korczak,” Borsykowsky said.

Janusz Korczak, Polish paediatrician and founder of a Jewish orphanage, was offered a way out of the Warsaw Ghetto but chose instead to die with his charges at Treblinka.