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Korczak, Janusz(Henryk Goldszmit)
1878 - Born in Warsaw on the 22nd of July.
1898 - He used Janusz Korczak as a writing pseudonym in Ignacy Paderewski's literary contest.
1890 - He studied in the Flying University.
1898–1904 - Korczak studied medicine in Warsaw and also wrote for several Polish language newspapers.
1905–1906 - He served as a military doctor.
1907–1908 - Korczak continued his studies in Berlin.
1909 - He met Stefania WilczyDska.
1911–1912 - He became a director of Dom Sierot, the orphanage of his own design for Jewish children in Warsaw.
1914 - Korczak again became a military doctor with the rank of lieutenant during World War I.
1926 - He let the children begin their own newspaper, the MaBy Przegld, as a weekly attachment to the daily Polish-Jewish Newspaper Nasz Przegld.
1930 - He had his own radio program until it was cancelled due to complaints from anti-semites.
1933 - He was awarded the Silver Cross of the Polonia Restituta.
1934–1936 - Korczak traveled yearly to Palestine and visited its kibbutzim.
1938 - He refused to move to Palestine even when WilczyDska moved there for a year.
1939 - When World War II erupted, Korczak volunteered for duty in the Polish Army but was refused due to his age.
1940 - His orphanage was forced to move to the ghetto. Korczak moved in with them.
1942 - Died in August.
1898 - He used Janusz Korczak as a writing pseudonym in Ignacy Paderewski's literary contest.
1890 - He studied in the Flying University.
1898–1904 - Korczak studied medicine in Warsaw and also wrote for several Polish language newspapers.
1905–1906 - He served as a military doctor.
1907–1908 - Korczak continued his studies in Berlin.
1909 - He met Stefania WilczyDska.
1911–1912 - He became a director of Dom Sierot, the orphanage of his own design for Jewish children in Warsaw.
1914 - Korczak again became a military doctor with the rank of lieutenant during World War I.
1926 - He let the children begin their own newspaper, the MaBy Przegld, as a weekly attachment to the daily Polish-Jewish Newspaper Nasz Przegld.
1930 - He had his own radio program until it was cancelled due to complaints from anti-semites.
1933 - He was awarded the Silver Cross of the Polonia Restituta.
1934–1936 - Korczak traveled yearly to Palestine and visited its kibbutzim.
1938 - He refused to move to Palestine even when WilczyDska moved there for a year.
1939 - When World War II erupted, Korczak volunteered for duty in the Polish Army but was refused due to his age.
1940 - His orphanage was forced to move to the ghetto. Korczak moved in with them.
1942 - Died in August.
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