Adam Zamenhof (1888 – 29 January 1940) was a

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physician known for his work on

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. He was the son of

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, the inventor of

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. Before the

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, Zamenhof had invented a device to check blind spots in the field of vision. During World War II, 6 September 1939, he was head of the Starozakonnych Hospital in

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, and its director. On 1 October 1939 Zamenhof was arrested and sent to the camp in

Palmiry Palmiry () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czosnów, within Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is located at the edge of the Kampinos Forest, approxima ...

, where he was murdered by the Germans. Adam and his wife Wanda were the parents of

Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof (born Ludwik Zamenhof; 23 January 1925 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish-born French civil and marine engineer, specializing in the design of structural steel and concrete construction. He was a grandson of the P ...

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