Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany — Central Europe
Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit) Memorial
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 2022
1. Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit) Memorial Marker
Janusz Korczak - Henryk Goldszmit
geboren 1878 in Warschau
Kinderarzt, Schriftsteller, Pädagoge, Vater der Waisen, Humanist und Philosoph, Verkünder und Verteidiger des Rechtes der Kinder auf Achtung und Liebe
ermordet 1942 mit seinen Schützlingen in den Gaskammern von Treblinka
born 1878 in Warsaw
Paediatrician, writer, educator, father of orphans, humanist and philosopher, proclaimer and defender of children's right to respect and love
murdered in 1942 along with the children under his care in the gas chambers of Treblinka
Erected 2003 by Vereins der Freunde des Experimentallen Theaters Günzburg e.V., Maria-Ward-Gymnasiums Günzburg, Deutschen Korczak-Gesellschaft e.V.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is August 5, 1942.
Location. 48° 27.371′ N, 10° 16.602′ E. Marker is in Günzburg, Bayern (Bavaria). Memorial
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Der Verein der Bayerischer Krippenfreunde / The Society of Bavarian Friends of the Nativity (within shouting distance of this marker); Gasthof Zur Krone / Inn “At the Crown” (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Marktplatz 32 (about 120 meters away); Dr. Josef Klimm (about 150 meters away); Josef Jehle (about 150 meters away).
Also see . . .
1. Janusz Korczak (Wikipedia).
Overview: Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor ("Mr. Doctor") or Stary Doktor ("Old Doctor"). 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 the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp during the Grossaktion Warschau of 1942.(Submitted on January 27, 2023.)
2. Janusz Korszak (United States Holocaust Museum Memorial).
From the orphanage in Warsaw to the gas(Submitted on January 27, 2023.)chambers in Treblinka: In early August 1942, German authorities deported the residents of all children’s homes within the Warsaw ghetto. On the morning of August 5 or 6, German police suddenly arrived and ordered Korczak’s staff to evacuate their building. Korczak, Wilczyńska, and the rest of the small staff quickly assembled the children outside. With their dedicated caretakers assisting them, nearly two hundred children walked through the crowded streets of the ghetto to the Umschlagplatz (deportation site). Korczak and the staff tried to keep the children from panicking. Witness accounts describe the group’s march through the ghetto as orderly and dignified… After they arrived at the Umschlagplatz, Korczak and his staff boarded train cars along with the children. These trains carried deportees to the Treblinka killing center, which was located roughly sixty miles northeast of Warsaw…. Virtually all of the Jews who survived the deadly journey from the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka in the summer of 1942 were murdered shortly after their arrival. The children and their caretakers were almost certainly all killed the day they arrived at Treblinka.Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 20222. Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit) Memorial - wide viewThe marker is visible here attached to the base of the statue.
3. Janusz Korczak (Holocaust Memorial Day Trust).
On his legacy: Although Korczak was not able to save(Submitted on January 27, 2023.)his children from the Nazis, he did make a great deal of difference to those he comforted to the end, and to those who saw his example when the children were marched through Warsaw by the Nazis and onto the trains. While he lived and died at a time and in a place where the abuse of all human rights was on a colossal scale, Korczak’s greatest legacy is perhaps the inspiration he provided for the promotion of children’s rights worldwide, through not only his books, speeches and writings, but also by his personal example. Most of his ideas were included in the UNESCO charter for children’s rights after the war.Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 20223. Janusz Korczak / Henryk Goldszmit and the Children statue
Additional keywords. Holocaust
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 15, 2022
4. Statue title plaque
…noting the statue was created in 2003 by Itzhak Belfer of Tel Aviv. Belfer was under the care of Korczak’s orphanage from 1930 to 1938.
This plaque is placed directly in front of the statue.
courtesy of Międzynarodowe Stowarzyszenie im. Janusza Korczaka (via Wikimedia Commons), circa 1930
5. Janusz Korczak
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 65 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
