Janusz Korczak - Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) was a Polish-Jewish pediatrician, children’s author and child pedagogist. Korczak was born Henryk Goldszmit on July 22, 1878 in Warsaw Poland. His parents were an assimilated Jewish family. His father Jozef Goldszmit died in 1896, possibly by his own hand, leaving the family without a source of income. Over the next few years, the family was forced to abandon their spacious apartment and, during his teens, Korczak was the sole breadwinner for his mother, sister, and grandmother. 1898 he used Janusz Korczak as a writing pseudonyme in Ignacy Paderewski’s literary contest. The name originated from the book Janasz Korczak and the pretty Swordsweeperlady by J. I. Krazewski. 1898 – 1904 Korczak studied medicine in Warsaw and also wrote for newspapeps. After.
Warsaw Ghetto - Molotov cocktails; the ŻZW was better armed as a result of better contacts to the Polish underground outside the Ghetto. Social and cultural life in the ghetto A soup kitchen for women in the Warsaw Ghetto Despite the enormous hardships of day-to-day life, the Judenrat and youth movements succeeded in organizing various institutions and organizations in the Ghetto to meet the various needs of the inhabitants. The major concerns were overcrowding, hunger, inactivity, and work detail. In response, the Judenrat took the bulk of the responsibility for allocating housing--with an average of nine people per room, while charitable organizations such as CENTOS organized free soup kitchens: at one point as much as two-thirds of the Ghetto's population was provided for by these soup kitchens. For a brief time, the Judenrat was.
Powazki Cemetery - Nobel Prize winning author Waclaw Sierpinski, (1882-1969) mathematician Stanislaw Sosabowski, general Henryk Wieniawski, composer Kazimierz Wierzynski, (1894-1969), poet and writer The Jewish Cemetery, located on Okopowa Street next to the Protestant Cemetery and near the Powazki necropolis, was established between 1799 and 1806. Some of the prominent Jewish citizens buried here are: Simon Ashkenazi, archaeologist, Mathias Bersohn, philanthropist, Adam Czerniakow, was the head of the Judenrat in the Warsaw Ghetto Maurycy Fajans, founder of the first steamboat line on the Vistula Jacob Dinezon (1852-1919), writer Esther Rachel Kaminska, actress Janusz Korczak (1878-1942), (symbolic grave), children's writer and educator Samuel Orgelbrand, publisher of the Universal Encyclopaedia, Isaac Loeb Peretz, writer Hipolit Wawelberg, founder of Warsaw Technical College, Ludwik Zamenhof, doctor and inventor of esperanto. Solomon Anski, writer (Solomon Zangwill Rappaport), author of.
Nazi Germany - confused with Rudolf Höß) Walther Hewel Werner Heyde Reinhard Heydrich Konstantin Hierl Erich Hilgenfeldt Heinrich Himmler Hans Hinkel August Hirt Adolf Hitler Hermann Höfle Rudolf Höß (not to be confused with Rudolf Heß) Franz Hofer Karl Holz Karl Jäger Ernst Jarosch Friedrich Jeckeln Alfred Jodl Hanns Johst Hans Jüttner Rudolf Jung Ernst Kaltenbrunner Karoly Kampmann Karl Kaufmann Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Keppler Hanns Kerrl Dietrich Klagges Wilhelm Kleinmann Helmut Knochen Erich Koch Ilse Koch Karl Otto Koch Max Kögel Franz Konrad Wilhelm Koppe Josef Kramer Fritz Krebs Bernhard Krüger Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger Gustav Krupp Hans Lammers Herbert Lange Adolf Lenk Robert Ley Arthur Liebehenschel Julius Lippert Michael Lippert Dietrich Loder Wilhelm Loeper Georg Lörner Hinrich Lohse Werner von Lorenz Hanns Ludin Martin Luther Viktor Lutze Emile Maurice Kurt Mayer Herbert Mehlborn Josef.
List of Poles - Witold, (1904-1956), mathematician Kac, Mark(1914-1984), mathematician. Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), pedagogist Kuperberg, Krystyna, (1944-), mathematician Kuratowski, Kazimierz, (1896-1980), mathematician Łukasiewicz, Ignacy (1822-1882), founder of the world petroleum industry Łukasiewicz, Jan, (1878-1956), mathematician Malinowski, Bronislaw, (1884-1942), anthropologue and ethnologue Mandelbrot, Benoit, (1924-), mathematician Marcinkiewicz, Jozef (1910-1940 ), mathematician Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, (Andreas Fricius Modrevius), 1503-1572, political theorist and philosopher Wladyslaw Orlicz (1903-1990), mathematician Post, Emil (1897-1954), mathematician Marian Rejewski (1905-1980), mathematician and cryptologist Stanislaw Saks (1897-1942), mathematician Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860), philosopher Sierpiński Wacław, (1882-1969), mathematician Hugo Steinhaus(1887-1972), mathematician. Strzelecki, Pawel, (1797-1873), explorer Tarski, Alfred (1901-1983), mathematician Ulam, Stanislaw (1909 - 1984), mathematician Wlodkowic, Pawel (1370-1435), scholar and laywer Aleksander Wolszczan (1946-), astronomer Wronski, Josef (1778-1853), mathematician Zamenhof, Ludovic L, (1859-1917), linguist Zarankiewicz, Kazimierz (1902-1959) mathematician Zygmund, Antoni (1900 - 1992) mathematician.
List of people by name: Ko - painter Koons, Jeff, (born 1955), US kitsch artist Koontz, Dean R, US horror author Kooti, Te, (c. 1820-1891), Māori leader Kopelew, Lew, (1912-1997), (Lev Kopelev), author Kopitar, Jernej, (1780-1844), philologist. Koppel, Ted, (born 1940), US journalist Kops, Jan, (died 1849), agriculturist, vicar Koranter, Sonja, (born 1948), poet Korbut, Olga, (born 1955), gymnast Korchnoi, Viktor, (born 1931), chess player Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), Polish child expert Korda, Alexander, (1893-1956), film director Korekiyo, Takahashi, (1854-1936), Japanese author Koresh, David, (1959-1993), US Branch Davidian cult leader Korman, Harvey, (born 1927), actor, comedian Kornbluth, Cyril M, (1923-1958), US science fiction author Korner, Alexis, (1928-1984), English musician Korner, Theodor, (1873-1957), general and politician Kornhauser, Aleksandra, (born 1926), chemist. Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich, (1870-1918), Russian general Koroknay-Palicz, Alex, (born 1981), activist Korolev, Sergei, (1907-1966), Soviet rocket designer Kortner, Fritz,.
Janusz A. Zajdel - Janusz A. Zajdel Janusz A. Zajdel (August 15, 1938 - July 19, 1985). Polish science fiction author. His bibliography includes, apart from numerous short stories and short novels: Cylinder van Troffa (1980) Limes inferior (1982) Cala prawda o planecie Ksi (1983) Wyjscie z cienia (1983) Paradyzja (1984) These books created the core of Social Fiction. In his books he envisions totalitarian states and collapsed societies. His heroes are desperately trying to find sense in world around them, sometimes (like in Cylinder van Troffa) they are outsiders from a different time or place, trying to adapt to the new environment. Named after him is the Zajdel, award of Polish fandom. see also other science fiction authors.
Janusz Gajos - Janusz Gajos Janusz Gajos (born September 23, 1939 in Dabrowa Gornicza in Poland) is a Polish actor. He debuted in 1964 (while still in school) in a children's film "Panienka z Okienka." Szortly afterwards he received a role of Janek Kos in a widely popular TV series "Czterej Pancerni i Pies." He has acted in many other films and plays, notably in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors: White. He got his acting degree in 1965 from the Polish Film and Theater Academy in Lodz..
Janusz A. Zajdel Award - Janusz A. Zajdel Award The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction fandom for the best stories published during the previous year. The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon convention from up to five nominations in each of two categories: Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters), Short story: shorter works. Instant-runoff voting with "No award" as one of the choices is the method used. Vote counts are not announced. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Winners 3.
Janusz Kaminski - Janusz Kaminski Janusz Kaminski (born 27 June 1959) is an Oscar winning cinematographer who has worked on most of Steven Spielberg's movies. Kaminski attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987 before transfering to The American Film Institute, where he graduated. He took up film making as a profession at Columbia College after emmigrating to the US at 21. He was born in Ziembice, Poland. He is married to Holly Hunter, an American actress. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Koalang - Koalang Koalang is a term invented by Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish science fiction writer. It was a language used by people in a totalitarian world called Paradyzja (in Zajdel's 1984 book by the same title, Paradyzja). Because Paradyzja was a space station, where all activity was tracked by automatic cameras and analysed (mostly) by computers, people created a jargon full of metaphors, impossible for computers to grasp. The meaning of all sentences depended on context. For example, the phrase "Tonight I dreamt about blue angels" meant "The Police visited me tonight"..
Holly Hunter - was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1993, she won the Oscar, for The Piano. In this year she also earned again a nomination as Best Supporting Actress for The Firm, starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. Hunter has also appeared in several television films with remarkable performances, and has earned two Emmys. She has been married to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski since 1995, although the couple has been separated for several years. Filmography Thirteen (2003) Levity (2003) Moonlight Mile (2002) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Jesus' Son (1999) Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (1999) Woman Wanted (1999) Living Out Loud (1998) A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Crash (1996) Home for the Holidays (1995) Copycat (1995) The Firm (1993) The Piano (1993) Once Around.
Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Athlete 1 Arnd Schmitt (FRG) 2 Philippe Riboud (FRA) 3 Andrei Chouvalov (URS) Individual Sabre, Men Pos Athlete 1 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 2 Janusz Olech (POL) 3 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) Individual Foil, Women Pos Athlete 1 Anja Fichtel-Mauritz (FRG) 2 Sabine Bau (FRG) 3 Zita Funkenhauser (FRG) Team Foil, Men Pos Athletes 1 Vladimir Aptiaouri, Anvar Ibraguimov, Boris Koretsky, Ilgar Mamedov, Aleksander Romankov (URS) 2 Matthias Behr, Thomas Endres, Matthias Gey, Ulrich Schreck, Thorsten Weidner (FRG) 3 Istvan Busa, Zsolt Ersek, Robert Gatai, Pal Szekeres, Istfan Szelei (HUN) Team Épée, Men Pos Athletes 1 Frederic Delpla, Jean-Michel Henry, Olivier Lenglet, Philippe Riboud, Eric Srecki (FRA) 2 Elmar Borrmann, Volker Fischer, Thomas Gerull, Alexander Pusch, Arnd Schmitt (FRG) 3 Andrei Chouvalov, Pavel Kolobkov, Vladimir Reznichenko, Mikhail Tishko, Igor Tikhomirov (URS) Team Sabre,.
Dabrowa Gornicza - of the "Huta Katowice" steel works, which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland. In the 1990s all coal mines there had been closed, because of lack of coal. Famous people born in Dabrowa Gornicza Janusz Gajos (1939 - ), actor.
1939 - Hull, hockey player January 10 - Bill Toomey, track and field athlete January 10 - Sal Mineo, actor (+ 1976) January 17 - Maury Povich, talk show host January 19 - Phil Everly, musician and singer January 21 - Wolfman Jack, disk jockey, actor (+ 1995) January 24 - Doug Kershaw, musician January 24 - Ray Stevens, country music musician January 29 - Germaine Greer, writer, feminist February 6 - Mike Farrell, actor February 10 - Roberta Flack, singer February 11 - Jane Hyatt Yolen, science fiction author. February 12 - Ray Manzarek, keyboardist February 23 - Peter Fonda, actor February 23 - Majel Barrett, actress February 28 - Erika Pluhar, actress and singer February 28 - Tommy Tune, dancer, choreographer, actor March 13 - Neil Sedaka, singer March 19 -.
Three Colors: White - Krzysztof Kieslowski Cinematography: Edward Klosinski Musical Score: Zbigniew Preisner STARRING: Zbigniew Zamachowski: "Karol Karol" Julie Delpy: "Dominique Vidal" Janusz Gajos: "Mikolaj" Jerzy Stuhr: "Jurek" AWARDS: "Silver Bear" Award for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival Writer/director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy was made back-to-back beginning in 1993. Each of the films takes its name from the colors of the French flag and its themes from the ideals represented by those colors as defined during the French Revolution: Bleu/Blue -- liberty; Blanc/White -- equality; Rouge/Red -- friendship. In this film, equality is the second message of the "Three Colors" trilogy and that fundamental principle is seen in the male protagonist, Karol Karol, who seeks to get even - equality here means revenge. After a brief opening, and seemingly unrelated scene of a.
September 23 - Mega-CD in Japan. Births 480 BC - Euripides, playwright (†406 BC) 62 BC - Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar 1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain 1800 - William McGuffy, educator (McGuffy's Readers) 1838 - Victoria Woodhull, suffragist 1852 - William Stewart Halsted, surgeon (†1922) 1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy, novelist (The Scarlet Pimpernel) (†1947) 1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist 1897 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (†1984) 1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator Utah 1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician 1920 - Mickey Rooney, actor 1926 - John Coltrane, saxophonist, composer 1931 - Pat Suzuki, actor 1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, educator, statesman 1932 - Ray Charles, singer 1938 - Romy Schneider, actress (†1982) 1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor 1942 - Sila Maria Calderon, Governor of Puerto.
Social fiction - very often dominated by totalitarian governments. The story is usually pretext for analysing structures of those societies, and are usually full of allusions to reality. Most famous books are by Janusz A. Zajdel (for example, Limes Inferior or Paradyzja). Social Fiction was a direct reaction to communism, and died by itself when communism collapsed. See also: Dystopia Soft science fiction Political Fiction.
Religious freedom in Poland - Orthodox Church (Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny) legislation: Act of State Relations to the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox ChurchState of 4 July 1991 (Ustawa z dnia 4 lipca 1991 r. o stosunku Państwa do Polskiego Autokefalicznego Prawosławnego Kościoła - Dz. U. Nr 66, poz. 287). leaders: Abp Metropolita Warszawski i Całej Polski Sawa, Zwierzchnik Kościoła Przewodniczący Soboru Biskupów Evangelic-Reformist Church in Poland (Kościół Ewangelicko-Reformowany w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej legislation: Ustawa z dnia 13 maja 1994 r. o stosunku Państwa do Kościoła Ewangelicko-Reformowanego w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Dz. U. Nr 73, poz. 324). leaders: Prezes Konsystorza Dr Witold Brodziński Evangelic-Augsurb Church in Poland (Kościół Ewangelicko- Augsburski w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) legislation: Ustawa z dnia 13 maja 1994 r.o stosunku Państwa do Kościoła Ewangelicko-Augsburskiego w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Dz. U. Nr 73, poz. 323). leader: Biskup Kościoła ks. Janusz.
People's Republic of Poland - participated in the Marshall plan from those that were excluded. Situation on the area of Germany, which were divided on West Germany with netto surplus in foreign investment and East Germany, excluded from the foreign help and in addition under heave burden of indemnification for the most devastated Soviet Union and Poland, led to social unrest in July 1953, known as Berlin uprising. Following the events, Poland was forced by Soviet Union to resign from indemnification claims toward Germany 1953. Eventually, Germany never paid any significant indemnification for war damages, neither to Polish state nor Polish citizens. The only indemnification Poland got was in the property remaining after 1945 on the devastated Regained Territories. The Communist regime also carried out major changes to the education system. The Nazis' massacre of the.
