Lidia Zamenhof
Deceased Person
1904 – 1942
Who was Lidia Zamenhof?
Lidia Zamenhof was the youngest daughter of Ludwig Zamenhof, the creator of the international auxiliary language, Esperanto. She was born 29 January 1904 in Warsaw, then in the Russian Empire. She was an active promoter of Esperanto as well as of Homaranismo, a form of religious humanism first defined by her father.
Around 1925 she became a member of the Bahá'í Faith. In late 1937 she went to the United States to teach that religion as well as Esperanto. In December 1938 she returned to Poland, where she continued to teach and translated many Bahá'í writings. In autumn 1942 she was murdered at the Treblinka extermination camp.
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- Born
- Jan 29, 1904
Warsaw - Parents
- Religion
- Bahá'í Faith
- Died
- 1942
Treblinka extermination camp
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on July 23, 2013
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