Nationality Polish Died 1940 Grandparents Mark Zamenhof Role L. L. Zamenhof's son Influenced by L. L. Zamenhof | Name Adam Zamenhof Fields Ophthalmology Influences Ludwik Zamenhof Parents L. L. Zamenhof | |
Children Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof | ||
Adam Zamenhof (1888 – 29 January 1940) was a Jewish-Polish physician known for his work on ophthalmology and was the son of L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto. Before the Holocaust, 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 Warsaw, and its director. On 1 October 1939 Zamenhof was arrested and sent to the camp in Palmiry, where he was later shot.
Adam and his wife Wanda were the parents of Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof.
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