80 years ago, Polish Jewish educator, children’s author, pedagogue and a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw, Janusz Korczak died with other orphanage workers and 192 orphans in Treblinka extermination camp.
80 years ago, Polish Jewish educator, children’s author, pedagogue and a principal of an orphanage in Warsaw, Janusz Korczak died with other orphanage workers and 192 orphans in Treblinka extermination camp.
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Born Jewish, but during his life he was agnostic he had served as an army doctor in WW1 and volunteered for duty in the Polish Army in WW2 but was refused due to his age. With people like this I always wonder what other books might he have written were it not for the Nazis, so much potential has been lost.
As always, thanks germany, great job..
The story of him leading the kids to the gas chamber and having them sing to keep them calm always broke my heart.
I love how this commemorative post about a great man turned into a flame war about nazis in mere seconds. Good job guys.