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Janusz Korczak
Polish educator (1878-1942).
Born July 22nd, 1878 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1942 at 64 years old in Treblinka extermination camp.
Occupations
children's writer, freemason, pedagogue, pediatrician, physician, screenwriter, teacher, writer
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