Klara Zamenhof Explained

Klara Zamenhof
Birth Date:6 October 1863
Birth Place:Kovno, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kaunas, Lithuania)
Death Place:Warsaw, Second Polish Republic
Burial Place:Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
Children:Adam, Zofia, and Lidia

Klara Zamenhof (; 6 October 18636 December 1924) was a Polish Esperantist. She was married to L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of the Esperanto language.

Biography

She was born on 6 October 1863 in Kaunas, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire as Kovno.[1] She was the oldest daughter of Alexander Sender Silbernik and Golda Silbernik, wealthy Jewish merchants from Kovno.[2]

Contributions to Esperanto

After her husband's premature death on 14 April 1917, she took over the promotion of Esperanto. She continued the development of the community centred around the language and supported her daughter Lidia, who trained as an Esperanto teacher in Europe and the United States.

Personal life

She married Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof in 1887,[3] and raised three children: Adam, Lidia, and Zofia. All three were murdered in the Holocaust.

She died in Warsaw on 6 December 1924, and is buried in the Jewish Cemetery there.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ESPERANTO: ITS ORIGINS AND EARLY HISTORY. Christer Kiselman. math.uu.se.
  2. Web site: Voyager en Pologne à travers sa culture et ses US.
  3. Web site: 100th anniversary of the death of L. ZAMENHOF, the creator of the Esperanto. PolishCulture.eu.