The name of Janusz Korczak is not well-known outside Poland and Europe, but he is a true hero!
Janusz Korczak was a Jewish-Polish children’s writer, pedagogue, and pediatrician. He wrote more than 15 books, two of them were translated into English.
In 1911 he became a director of the orphanage in Warsaw, Poland. This institution was created by his own design for Jewish children. 
When the World War II began, Korczak wanted to do his duty in the Polish Army, but he was too old to serve in the army. The man was in Warsaw when the Nazi took the city.
In 1940 when a Warsaw Ghetto was created, his orphanage had to move to the ghetto. Korczak didn’t leave them that time. 
On August 5, 1942, the Nazi soldiers came to the orphanage to take the children to Treblinka concentration camp. Korczak had been offered to stay on the “Aryan side” of Warsaw, but he declined the offer. He could not leave his children. Korczak said he would go with the kids. 
The children were dressed in their best clothes, and each took a favorite toy or book.
He boarded the train with his orphans, and nobody had seen him since. 
Korczak was killed with his children in a gas chamber in Treblinka. He hadn’t betrayed his principles even in the face of death. This wonderful man chose to die but not abandon his orphans. 
We should always remember his great deed!
