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Janusz Korczak’s Cenotaph

This is a cenotaph (symboliczna mogiła = symbolic tomb) of Janusz Korczak, the Polish-Jewish pediatrician and children’s author who died in Treblinka extermination camp in 1942. It can be found near the perimeter wall of the Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw.

Janusz Korczak's cenotaph, Warsaw, Poland by Alessandra Li Pomi - 01.jpg
Janusz Korczak's cenotaph, Warsaw, Poland by Alessandra Li Pomi - 02.jpg
Janusz Korczak's cenotaph, Warsaw, Poland by Alessandra Li Pomi - 03.jpg
Janusz Korczak's cenotaph, Warsaw, Poland by Alessandra Li Pomi - 04.jpg
  • Photos by Alessandra Li Pomi (December 2013)
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