Korczak

Korczak is a Polish noble family name. It may also refer to:

• Korczak Coat of Arms
• Janusz Korczak, a pseudonym of Henryk Goldszmit, Polish pediatrician, children's writer and pedagogist, murdered by the Germans at the Treblinka extermination camp
  • Korczak (film), a 1990 movie on Janusz Korczak, starring Wojciech Pszoniak
  • Korczak (musical), a musical based on the life of Janusz Korczak
  • 2163 Korczak, a main-belt asteroid named in memory of Janusz Korczak
• Rozka Korczak, a resistance fighter in Vilnuis ghetto and later a partisan
• Korczak, Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
• Korczak Ziółkowski, American designer and sculptor of Crazy Horse Memorial

Similar family names

• Jaromír Korčák, Czech geographer, demographer and statistician (1895 – 1989)
• Josef Korčák, Czech Communist politician (1921 – 2008)

See also

• Korčák