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Last Survivor of Legendary Warsaw Orphanage Dies in Israel
A beacon of hope during the Nazi occupation, the orphanage directed by Dr Januscz Korczak was built on the pioneering ideas of respecting and empowering every child.
Janusz Korczak, a specialist in children’s medicine who wrote over 20 books advocating for children’s rights for respect, founded and directed a Jewish orphanage in Warsaw that became famous throughout Europe for its pioneering ideas empowering children to maximize their potential.
Last month, the last surviving member of the orphanage, painter and sculptor Itzchak Belfer, died in Tel Aviv at aged 98. He had dedicated much of his life to preserving the memory of the man who had given him hope and believed in him as a child. Belfer’s granddaughter Neta said her grandfather had lived according to the values he had learned from Korzcak, and described him as “the most optimistic person I have ever met.”