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If I had means, I would like to spend half a year in Palestine in order to contemplate what has been, and half a year in Poland in order to preserve what remains.

Janusz Korczak

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Janusz Korczak
Age: 64 †
Born: 1878
Born: July 22
Died: 1942
Died: August 7
Educator
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Warszawa
Henryk Goldszmit
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