12 Things Worth Knowing About Janusz Korczak

Αn educator, pedagogue, doctor, writer, essayist, social worker, theosophist, freemason. A citizen, a Pole, a Jew. Janusz Korczak wrote children’s books about Matt and Kaytek, and was a pioneering activist for children’s rights 
as well as guardian and carer for many, but also much more. Who was Janusz Korczak, really? A Korczak unknown 
to many of us…
1. Date of birth: 1878 or 1879?
‘Tomorrow I will turn 63 or 64 years old’, Korczak wrote in 
his Diary on 21st July, 1942, exactly two weeks before his death. Why didn’t he know when he was born? 
It seems to be the result of his father’s overlooking some required formalities. Józef Goldszmit took a long time to obtain his son’s birth certificate. 

Janusz Korczak... UNESCO named him “Man of the Year.”

Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit born in 1878 or 1879, physician, writer and educator. He was born in Warsaw, the son of an assimilated Jewish famly.

Korczak’s father was a successful attorney who became mentally 
ill when Korczak was eleven. This was a heavy blow to the 
family’s financial situation and a trauma that cast its shadow 
over Korczak throughout his life.

Even while still a student of medicine at Warsaw University, 
Korczak was drawn to circles of liberal educators and writers 
in Poland. When he entered medical practice, he did his best to 
help the poor and those who suffered the most, at the same time 
he began to write.

Poland...οι συμμαθητές της έφτιαξαν ένα προσθετικό χέρι!

Classmates help aspiring mechanic shift into top gear with 3D-printed arm
Μπορεί να γεννήθηκε χωρίς τον δεξί της πήχη, όμως η λάτρης των αυτοκινήτων, 
Kinga Wawro δεν άφησε αυτό να σταθεί εμπόδιο στην καριέρα που διάλεξε 
και ευτυχώς, είχε την βοήθεια των φίλων της.