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Korczak Orphanage
Korczak may refer to: People *Janusz Korczak, a pseudonym of Henryk Goldszmit, Polish pediatrician, children's writer and pedagogist ** ''Korczak'' (film), a 1990 film on Janusz Korczak * Korczak Ziółkowski (1908–1982), American designer and sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial * Rozka Korczak, a resistance fighter in Vilnuis ghetto and later a partisan * Zbigniew Korczak-Ziolkowski (died 1553), Roman Catholic priest, Canon of Cracow Places * Korczak, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland) Other *2163 Korczak, main-belt asteroid See also *Korczak coat of arms * Kortschak, a surname *Josef Korčák Josef Korčák (17 December 1921 – 5 October 2008) was a Czech politician who served as a Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic from 1970 to 1987. He was the longest serving Czech Prime Minister. Biography He was born in Holštejn. He ..., Czech Communist politician (1921-2008) {{disambiguation, surname Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janusz Korczak
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. Biography Korczak was born in Warsaw in 1878. He was unsure of his birth date, which he attributed to his father's failure to promptly acquire a birth certificate for him. His parents were Józef Goldszmit, a respected lawyer from a family of proponents of the haskalah, and Cecylia ''née'' Gębicka, daughter of a prominent Kalisz family. Born to a Jewish family, he was an agnostic in his later life who did not believe in forcing religion on children. His father fell ill aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korczak (film)
''Korczak'' is a 1990 black-and-white biographical war film directed by Andrzej Wajda and written by Agnieszka Holland, about Polish-Jewish humanitarian Janusz Korczak. An international co-production between Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom, it stars Wojciech Pszoniak as Korczak, with Ewa Dałkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Marzena Trybala, Piotr Kozlowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski and Jan Peszek. The film was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Reception Among the strongest defendants of the epic was Marek Edelman, the Polish Jew who survived the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Wajda saw the idea of showing the children being led into the Treblinka gas chambers as unnecessary addition of tearjerking moments. Annette Insdorf, a film scholar and str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korczak Ziółkowski
Korczak Ziolkowski ( pl, Korczak Ziółkowski; September 6, 1908 – October 20, 1982) was the Polish-American designer and sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial. Early life Ziolkowski was born September 6, 1908, in Boston to Polish parents. Orphaned at the age of one when both his parents died in a boating accident, he grew up in a series of foster homes, and was raised by an Irish boxer. Although he never received any formal art training, his gifts as a sculptor began to show at an early age. After putting himself through Rindge Technical School, he became an apprentice to a Boston ship maker. He began to carve wood and by the age of 20 had become an accomplished furniture maker. His first marble sculpture, made in 1932, honored Judge Frederick Pickering Cabot, who had inspired him as a child growing up in the rough neighborhoods of Boston. Ziolkowski moved to New Britain, Connecticut, to begin life as a professional artist. He began to sell commissioned sculptures throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozka Korczak
Rozka or Ruzka Korczak (1921, Płock – 1988) was a Polish partisan leader during World War II. A Polish Jew, she served in the United Partisan Organization (Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye) and, alongside Vitka Kempner and founder Abba Kovner, assumed a leadership role in its successor group, the Avengers (Nokmim)--the only known undefeated ghetto uprising in the history of the Holocaust. Early life Korczak was born in April 1921 in Bieslko, to a cattle dealer. Her family moved to a small village in Płock where she attended public school. In eighth grade, she organized a Jewish student strike to protest Anti-Semitism in the school. As a teenager, she joined a Zionist organization called HaShomer HaTzair (the young guard). During World War Two During the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939, Korczak fled to Lituania and met Vitka Kempner in Vilna thanks to ''HaShomer HaTzair''. Upon Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, she co-founded the United Partisan Organization (FP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Korczak-Ziolkowski
Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "anger". Its diminutive forms include Zbyszek and Zbyś. The Czech form of this name is Zbyněk (derived from Zbyhněv). Individuals with this name may celebrate their name day on February 17, March 17, April 1, June 16 or October 10. English diminutive of this name is Zibi, Zbiggy or Zbig. Notable people * Zbigniew of Brzezia (c. 1360 – c. 1425), Polish knight and nobleman of Clan Zadora * Zbigniew of Poland, high duke of Poland from 1102–1106 A * Zbigniew Andruszkiewicz (born 1959), Polish rower B * Zbigniew Babiński (1896–1940), Polish military and sports aviator * Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937), Polish composer * Zbigniew Baranowski (born 1991), Polish wrestler * Zbigniew Bartman (born 1987), Polish volleyball player * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korczak, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Korczak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzcianne, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the province and its territory correspond to the historic region of Podlachia. The capital and largest cit ..., in north-eastern Poland. References Korczak {{Mońki-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2163 Korczak
Year 163 ( CLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laelianus and Pastor (or, less frequently, year 916 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 163 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Marcus Statius Priscus re-conquers Armenia; the capital city of Artaxata is ruined. Births * Cui Yan (or Jigui), Chinese official and politician (d. 216) * Sun Shao (or Changxu), Chinese chancellor (d. 225) * Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculus, Roman politician * Xun Yu, Chinese politician and adviser (d. 212) Deaths * Kong Zhou, father of Kong Rong (b. 103) * Marcus Annius Libo Marcus Annius Libo was a Roman Senator active in the early second century AD. Life Libo came from the upper ranks of the Roman aristocrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korczak Coat Of Arms
Korczak is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several noble families of Clan Korczak in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. History The coat of arms has Hungarian origins; the three bars represent the Danube, Tisza (or Drava), and Sava rivers. Earliest mention – 1142 annum (Ogród królewski, Paprocki Bartłomiej, D. Siedlczański, Praga, 1599). The first mention of the coat of arms was 1368, while the oldest known seal bearing the coat dates to 1432. The Gorajscy family was the first to use the seal. Bearers are largely made up of noble families from Red Ruthenia and Lesser Poland. The arms were confirmed in Lithuania at Union of Horodło (1413). Blazon Notable bearers Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Komorowski family ** Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Inspector General of the Armed Forces of Poland ** Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium ** Gertruda Komorowska * Branicki family ** Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kortschak
Kortschak is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Hugo Kortschak (1884–1957), Austrian-born American violinist *Hugo P. Kortschak Hugo Peter Kortschak (or Kortschack; 4 September 1911, in Chicago, Illinois – 20 August 1983) was an American biologist who discovered the C4 pathway in 1957. This pathway is an adaptation found in plants which reduces loss of energy via the ine ... (1911–1983), American biologist, son of Hugo See also * Korczak (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Korčák
Josef Korčák (17 December 1921 – 5 October 2008) was a Czech politician who served as a Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic from 1970 to 1987. He was the longest serving Czech Prime Minister. Biography He was born in Holštejn. He became metal turner. He worked in Brno armory form 1937 to 1948. In 1948 he became active in politics. He became Prime Minister in 1970 when he replaced Josef Kempný. He remained in this position until 1987 when he was replaced by Ladislav Adamec Ladislav Adamec (10 September 1926 – 14 April 2007) was a Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, communist politician. Early life Adamec was born in Moravia on 10 September 1926. Career Adamec joined the Presidiu .... Kočák was excluded from KSČ in 1990. He died in 2008. References 1921 births 2008 deaths People from Blansko District Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Government ministers of Czechoslovaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
