Janusz Korczak's commitment to children was transcendent. It endured throughout his life and beyond his death.

DR. Janusz Korczak, physician, educator and writer, was born in Poland on July 22, 1879, and died tragically with the children of his orphanage at the hands of the Nazis on August 5, 1942, during t ...

In 2005, Hurt, a Polish rock band, released the song ‘Załoga G’. The band sings about the frustrations of adulthood: tired of wallowing in cynicism and self-centredness, they aspire to one day regain ...

1. Date of birth: 1878 or 1879? Janusz Korczak as a child, ca. 1888, book frontispiece from King Matt the First, the Nasz Dom/Our House building, Pola Bielańskie, photo courtesy of the Korczakianum ...

Lee Potasinski knows how some Warsaw orphans felt when Nazi soldiers led them off to concentration camps during the Holocaust. When he sees photos of the children who were put to death in 1942, the… ...

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. The book is both an anti-utopia ...

In northern Warsaw, near the Stare Bielany Metro Station, stands a grey building that seems ordinary at first – resembling an institution or school. Come a bit closer, and you’ll notice a black plaque ...

Eighty-two years ago this summer one of the Warsaw Ghetto’s most celebrated residents, Dr. Janusz Korczak, entered eternity. He died as he had lived, loving every child.

Kosher shops, places of prayer, public institutions, a kibbutz in Jazdów, craft workshops continuing the legacy of old co-operatives, the Księgarnia na Tłomackiem bookstore, Sunday Boker Tov ...

Janusz Korczak reminds us that, in the care of children, courage can be every bit as important as understanding and compassion. Born in Warsaw in 1879, Korczak studied medicine and created an ...

Eighty-one years ago this summer one of the Warsaw Ghetto’s most celebrated resident’s, Dr. Janusz Korczak, entered eternity. He died as he had lived, loving every child.