Korczak Janusz

Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942
Goldszmit, Henryk, 1878-1942
Ḳorts'aḳ, Yanush, 1878-1942
קורצאק, יאנוש, 1878-1942
Ḳorṭshaḳ, Yanush, 1878-1942
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Identifier: 000224
Type of Entity: Person

Dates of Existence

22/07/1878

1942

History

Jewish educator, author, doctor, refused protection from the Judenrat, August 1942 deported from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka, together with the 200 children in his care.

Places

Place of birth
Treblinka,camp

Sources

The YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe / ed. G. D. Hundert. - Yale Univ., 2008. - p. 925
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / ed. I. Gutman. - New York : Macmillan, 1990. - Vol. 2, p. 816-818

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Diaries, chronicles, memoirs Dzienniki, kroniki, pamiętniki (Sygn.1349)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510095
- English
- 1939-1945
- 3 microfilm reels, 35 mm
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains diaries, chronicles, and memoirs pertaining to World War II and the Holocaust. Includes a diary written by Ludwik Landau, distinguished economist and social researcher. His manuscript contains notes written over approximately 1600 days from 1939 to 1944. The notes relate to the political and economic situation of Poles and Jews in Poland under Nazi occupation as well as comments about the German press.
Documentation: Notes, drafts and articles in Yiddish, including "Finding a rest for the She'erith Hapletah" (thoughts after reading "A Jewish Wedding in Fernwald" by H. Leivick); Emotional experiences of the She'erith Hapletah (files: 59-60)
1. P.10 - Archive of Mark Dworzecki, physician, Vilna Ghetto underground member and researcher of Lithuanian Jewry during the Holocaust, 1945-1975
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3687588
- English, Hebrew
- Original
- Updated 6 years ago
Documentation: Notes, drafts and articles in Yiddish, including "Finding a rest for the She'erith Hapletah" (thoughts after reading "A Jewish Wedding in Fernwald" by H. Leivick); Emotional experiences of the She'erith Hapletah (files: 59-60) The files include: - article about Dr. Dworzecki as a researcher of the period of "The Destruction"; articles by Dr. Dworzecki about Shaul Tchernichowsky and Janusz Korczak.
Elegy": Poem written by an unknown author regarding the transport of the children to the "Imaginary Village" by Janusz Korczak
1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground
- ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
- 3714364
- English, Hebrew
- Original 3 pages/frames
- Updated 6 years ago
Elegy": Poem written by an unknown author regarding the transport of the children to the "Imaginary Village" by Janusz Korczak Deportation of the Jews to the Warsaw Ghetto; ghetto life including forced labor, abuse and murder of Jews; care for the children and their rescue from death by Korczak; stories about Poland after the liberation; "Aktion" directed at children; deportation of the children to Treblinka; story to the children about a trip to the countryside; arrival of the children in Treblinka; murder of the children in the gas chambers; murder of Korczak with the children.
In memory of the Polish Jews
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502893
- English
- 1983
- 89 digital images, JPEG 42 slides, 1 booklet,
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of a copy of "In memory of the Polish Jews," a slide presentation produced by Epoka Slajd. The package includes 42 color and black & white slides as well as a booklet containing historical information on Polish Jewry and individual descriptions of the slides. The slides depict various aspects of Jewish life in Poland, including persecution by the Nazis, various religious sects in Poland, the Umschlagplatz and transports from the ghettos to concentration camps, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and memorials dedicated to the memory of the Polish Jews who suffered and died during the H...
Oral history interview with Anna Lanota
1. Oral history interviews of the Poland Documentation Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn507767
- English
- 5 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Clara Ma'ayan
1. Oral history interviews of the Israel Documentation Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502777
- English
- 8 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with David A. Kochalski
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn504467
- English
- 6 videocassettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Edgar Aftergood
1. Oral history interviews of the University of California, Los Angeles Holocaust Testimonies Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503574
- English
- 1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Helena Merenholc
1. Oral history interviews of the Poland Documentation Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn507768
- English
- 4 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Margareth Acher
1. Oral history interviews of the Association Memoire et Documents
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn507965
- English
- 1993
- 1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Misha Vruvlevski
1. Oral history interviews of the Israel Documentation Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502894
- English
- 5 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Oral history interview with Ze'ev Drori
1. Oral history interviews of the Israel Documentation Project
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn503314
- English
- 6 videocasettes (Betacam SP), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- Updated 1 year ago
Poetry and songs relating to German and Stalinist camps
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502899
- English
- 1930-1950
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of poetry and songs in Russian relating to German and Stalinist camps from the 1930s to the 1950s. The individual songs and poems were written by camp survivors in Yiddish. In the 1980s they were compiled and translated to Russian by Roman Kaminsky. The compilation includes personal accounts of eight Holocaust survivors which describe what role music and poetry played in their daily life and their struggle for survival. Also included are survivor accounts of life in Treblinka, Majdanek, and other death camps.
Selected records of the Worker's Society of Children's Friends. Main Board in Warsaw Robotnicze Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Dzieci. Zarząd Główny w Warszawie (Sygn. 783)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn557923
- English
- 1945-1950
- 2,152 digital images, PDF
- Updated 1 year ago
Statutes and regulations, organizational structure, circular letters, instructions, correspondence, preliminary budgets, minutes and protocols of conferences, lists of children, various questionnaires and official forms, photographs and other records from various Children's Homes, 1945-1950. Included are the “Tutelary Institution Circular Gazette” (Gazetka Międzyzakładowa) of 1947 from the Orphanage in Zatrzebie, 20 articles written by children and refer to their experiences during the Holocaust, e.g. “Warsaw ghetto uprising”, “The hero of human race” (about Janusz Korczak) or “The Korczak’...