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'''Janusz Korczak''', the [[pen name]] of '''Henryk Goldszmit'''<ref name="yadvashem" /> (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942),<ref name="JTA">{{cite web |date=30 March 2015 |title=Changed date of death shows Janusz Korczak was killed in Treblinka |url=https://www.jta.org/2015/03/30/global/polish-court-changes-date-of-death-of-janusz-korczak-2 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=}}</ref> was a [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jewish]] pediatrician, educator, [[children's literature|children's author]] and [[pedagogy|pedagogue]] known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). He was an early [[children's rights]] advocate, in 1919 drafting a childrens constitution.
 
'''Janusz Korczak''', the [[pen name]] of '''Henryk Goldszmit'''<ref name="yadvashem" /> (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942),<ref name="JTA">{{cite web |date=30 March 2015 |title=Changed date of death shows Janusz Korczak was killed in Treblinka |url=https://www.jta.org/2015/03/30/global/polish-court-changes-date-of-death-of-janusz-korczak-2 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=}}</ref> was a [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jewish]] pediatrician, educator, [[children's literature|children's author]] and [[pedagogy|pedagogue]] known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). He was an early [[children's rights]] advocate, in 1919 drafting a childrens constitution.
 
After spending many years working as a principal of an orphanage in [[Warsaw]], he refused sanctuary repeatedly and stayed with his orphans when the entire population of the institution was sent from [[Warsaw Ghetto|the ghetto]] to the [[Treblinka extermination camp]] during the [[Grossaktion Warsaw (1942)|Grossaktion Warschau]] of 1942.<ref name="Joseph">{{cite web|title=POLE APART - the life and work of Janusz Korczak|url=http://www.youngminds.org.uk/magazine/59/joseph.php|publisher=Young Minds Magazine 59|access-date=27 January 2012|author=Sandra Joseph, Institute of Education in London|date=July–August 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035813/http://www.youngminds.org.uk/magazine/59/joseph.php|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
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Due to [[Decommunization in Ukraine|decommunization policies]], the [[Nikolay Bauman]] street in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] was renamed after Korczak in 2016.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2021/04/22/7291176/ Bandera Avenue in Kyiv to be - the decision of the Court of Appeal], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (22 April 2021)</ref>
 
A minor planet, [[2163 Korczak]], is named after him.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = IAU Minor Planet Center | title = (2163) Korczak | url = https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2163}}</ref>
 
In 2023, the Janusz Korczak hospitalization unit in the Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the [[Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital|Necker-Enfants Malades hospital]] at the [[Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris|Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris]] in France was created.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
 
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* ''[[Korczak's Children]]'' by [[Jeffrey Hatcher]] (2003)
* ''Dr Korczak's Example'' by [[David Greig (dramatist)|David Greig]] (2001)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jun/12/theatre2 |title=Dr Korczak's Example |date= June 12, 2008|work= The Guardian| location=London | first=Alfred | last=Hickling}}</ref>
* ''The Children's Republic'' A play based on the life and work of Yanusz Korczak (2008) by Elena Khalitov, [http://www.harmonytheatre.org Harmony Theatre Company and School]
* ''The Children's Republic'' by [[Hannah Moscovitch]] (2009)
* ''Chlodnagaden nr. 33'' By Rober Parr with music by Michael Ramløse, Teatret Fair play (Eng: The Fair Play Theater)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dit-holbaek.dk/2017/03/chlodnagaden-nr-33/|title=Chlodnagaden nr. 33 - Dit Holbæk|date=2017-03-14|work=Dit Holbæk|access-date=2017-04-09|language=da-DK}}</ref>
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*[https://poezja.org/wz/Janusz_Korczak/ Janusz Korczak] at poezja.org (polish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121115075209/http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-literature-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/2012-the-year-of-janusz-korczak 2012 - The Year of Janusz Korczak]
*[http://www.cincinnatijudaicafund.com/index.php/Detail/entities/79.htm Catalog of Historic Medals Commemorating Janusz Korczak]
 
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