Janusz Korczak
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Polish Jew
children's rights advocate
educator
human
orphanage director
pediatrician
radio personality
writer
Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish pediatrician, educator, and pioneering advocate for children's rights who ran progressive orphanages in Warsaw and was killed during the Holocaust after refusing to abandon the children in his care.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Janusz Korczak canonical | 2 |
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polish Jew
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children's rights advocate ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ orphanage director ⓘ pediatrician ⓘ radio personality ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| advocatedConcept |
children's participation in self-governance
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children's right to respect ⓘ |
| birthName | Henryk Goldszmit ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Treblinka extermination camp monument
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surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp memorial (symbolic)
|
| causeOfDeath | gas chamber ⓘ |
| citizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Congress Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1878-07-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-08-07 ⓘ |
| deportedFrom | Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| deportedTo |
Treblinka
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surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp
|
| Dom SierotLocation | Warsaw ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's rights
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education ⓘ orphan care ⓘ pediatrics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| implementedPractice |
children's court in the orphanage
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children's parliament in the orphanage ⓘ democratic self-government for children ⓘ |
| influenced |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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surface form:
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
children's rights movement ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering advocacy for children's rights
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refusing to abandon children during the Holocaust ⓘ running progressive orphanages in Warsaw ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Polish ⓘ |
| livedIn | Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murdered in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| movement | progressive education ⓘ |
| Nasz DomLocation | Warsaw ⓘ |
| notableIdea | child as a full person with rights ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jak kochać dziecko
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Król Maciuś Pierwszy ⓘ Król Maciuś na bezludnej wyspie ⓘ Prawo dziecka do szacunku ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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educator ⓘ journalist ⓘ pediatrician ⓘ physician ⓘ radio broadcaster ⓘ |
| operatedOrphanage |
Dom Sierot
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Nasz Dom ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Warsaw ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Treblinka
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surface form:
Treblinka extermination camp
|
| pseudonym |
Janusz Korczak
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Stary Doktor ⓘ |
| refusedOffer | to escape deportation without the children ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| worldWarIService |
Polish units
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Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Army
military doctor ⓘ |
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