Czy Warszawa uhonoruje Stefanię Wilczyńską?
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Dr. Korczak and his deputy Stefania Wilczyńska as well as all the entire staff of the Warsaw orphanage, were transported on August 5, 1942 together with the 239 children to the gas chambers of Treblinka.
Stefania Wilczyńska was born in 1886, in Poland. She completed her studies at the University of Liège, Belgium. In 1909, she met Dr. Janusz Korczak and the two formed a bond. Dom Sierot - orphanage for Jewish Children that was opened in 1912.
At the onset of World War I, Korczak was enlisted and Stefania Wilczyńska (Pani Stefa) was left to run the orphanage, which had expanded and now housed some 150 children.
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| In 1935, Stefania Wilczyńska visited the Land of Israel and lived in kibbutz Ein Harod until 1939. |
In 1935, she visited the Land of Israel and lived at kibbutz Ein Harod until 1939. With the Nazi occupation, the members of Ein Harod arranged for Stefania to leave Poland, but she declined and instead moved to the Warsaw Ghetto along with Dr. Korczak and the children.
On August 5, 1942, the order to deport the orphans was handed down. Stefania Wilczyńska, Dr. Korczak, and the other staff members were forced to marche with the 239 orphans to the Umschlagplatz, with Stefania in charge of the group of 9 to 12 year-old children. From Umschlagplatz they were transported in cattle wagons to death camp Treblinka. All were murdered there.
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| Korczaks Dom Sierot, Krochmalna 92, Warszawa |
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My dear, we are well. I work a little at the orphanage while Korczak is doing a great deal. I have not arrived because I do not want to leave without the children. Yours Stefa April 2, 1940. An information from Stefa Wilczynska to former Orphanage girl living in Israel. It was send from the Warszawa Ghetto by International Red Cross.
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