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After the end of hostilities, Catholic Church officials, either Pope Pius XII or other prelates, issued instructions for the treatment and disposition of such Jewish children, some, but not all, of whom were now orphans. The rules they established, the authority that issued those rules, and their application in specific cases is the subject of ...
The orphanages run by Janusz Korczak and Stefania Wilczyńska were among the earliest democratic education institutes in the world. [1] They were two orphanages, located in Warsaw. One orphanage was established for Jewish children in 1911 and stopped working on 1942, when the SS took all its residents and workers to Treblinka extermination camp.
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. [4] His parents were Józef Goldszmit, [1] a respected lawyer from a family of proponents of the haskalah, [5] and Cecylia née Gębicka, daughter of a prominent Kalisz family. [6]
In 1876, the Jews' Hospital had merged with the Orphan Asylum, and the children from the latter also moved to Norwood. The numbers of Jewish children at Norwood increased from 159 in 1877 to 260 in 1888, and because of the increased demand, many had to be turned away. The institution was renamed the Norwood Jewish Orphanage in 1928.
Pages in category "Jewish orphanages" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bellefaire Orphanage;
The Borysław area had a large Jewish population, with many Jews holding positions as chemical engineers, laboratory assistants, mechanics, and laborers in the area's oil industry. [4] After witnessing the "Invaliden-Aktion" in August 1942, an SS-led evacuation of a Jewish orphanage in Borysław, Beitz became determined to act to save local ...
The orphanage was founded near the Bukharim quarter in 1900 [2] [3] by Rabbi Abraham Yochanan Blumenthal (1877 [4] –1966 [5]), a native of Jerusalem, [4] who led the orphanage for 50 years. [2] Blumenthal's wife, Shaina, served as a director for 40 years. [6] By 1920, the Blumenthal Orphanage was home to 85 orphans.
Before the war, Rumkowski directed a Jewish orphanage in Łódź. Chaim Rumkowski was born on February 27, 1877, to Jewish parents in Ilyino, a shtetl in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. [4] In 1892, Rumkowski moved to Congress Poland. He became a Polish citizen after the establishment of the Second Polish Republic in 1918. Rumkowski became ...