Adam Zamenhof

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1888 – 1940

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Who was Adam Zamenhof?

Adam Zamenhof was a Jewish-Polish physician known for his work on ophthalmology and was the son of Ludwik Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto. During World War II, 6 September 1939, he was head of the Starozakonnych Hospital in Warsaw, and its director. On 1 October 1939 Zamenhof was arrested and sent to the camp in Palmiry, where he was shot.

Adam and his wife Wanda were the parents of Ludvik Zamenhof.

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Born
1888
Congress Poland
Children
Nationality
  • Poland
Died
1940

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on July 23, 2013

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