Business card of Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit)

Collection Muzeum Warszawy
Description This ordinary business card with a handwritten note by Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit) saying “I wanted to send it a long time, but I didn't know the address. Greetings "is one of the few personal "documents" that survived after him. Most of the writer's paper materials (manuscripts, personal documents, correspondence) were burned down during World War II. We do not know to whom the business card was addressed. Written in a sweeping handwriting, probably sent with the book, it remains a mystery - it is a precious shard from the past. It is noteworthy that the doctor's family name and surname are displayed on the card from 1938, although at that time hardly anyone outside the circle of close friends knew that "Janusz Korczak" was a literary pseudonym. Henryk Goldszmit made his debut in the Warsaw press in 1896, while still a student of a male gymnasium in Praga. He did not write under his own name, because the tsarist school students could not officially write and publish in newspapers. Initially, he used many code names and pseudonyms: Hen., Ryk., Janasz Korczak, Janusz, G. and Hagot. With time, from the beginning of 1900, the compilation "Janusz Korczak" became the writer's main nickname (he even signed private letters with it). The author of the description: Magdalena Pęzińska Material: cardboard box; Origin: Warszawa (?); Technique: printing, manuscript, ink; Dimensions: the work: height 5.5 cm, width 11.4 cm.
Creator Korczak, Janusz
Date 1938-08-14
Rights Muzeum Warszawy
Format image/jpg
Language pol
Identifier MHW 127/JK
Type dokument

From the collection of: Muzeum Warszawy

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Public project co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland "Public Diplomacy 2020: New Dimension” funding programme.

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