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A literature search for references linking Zamenhof and Esperanto to the
Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) in Eastern Europe would be most
interesting. I can't remember if I ever attempted this, since I do so
much research and forget what I've done. I don't have time to hit the
library, but I did check out the subject online.<br><br>
The <b>Jewish Virtual Library</b> did not have anything substantial.
There is, however, a mention of Zamenhof in the Okopower St. Jewish
Cemetery of Warsaw:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Warsaw.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Warsaw.html</a><br><br>
And apparently one or more poems by Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875-1943)
exists in Esperanto translation (but not to be found on Don Harlow's
site):<br><br>
<a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/tchernichovsky.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/tchernichovsky.html</a>
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The <b>Nextbook</b> site (there are many great Nextbook talks in DC, at
the DC Jewish Community Center and elsewhere) has an article on Zamenhof,
mentioning the Haskalah:<br><br>
08.23.07<br>
Dr. One-Who-Hopes<br>
The ophthalmologist who invented Esperanto<br>
by Suzanne Snider <br>
<a href="http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=678&page=1" eudora="autourl">
http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=678&page=1</a><br>
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Note this page on the <b>Zamosc Ghetto</b>:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/zamosc%20ghetto.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/zamosc%20ghetto.html</a><br><br>
"Zamosc was a centre of the Jewish Enlightenment movement
(Haskalah). Famous inhabitants: The writer <b>I L Peretz, Ludwik
Zamenhoff</b>, the founder of Esperanto, and <b>Rosa Luxemburg</b>, the
revolutionary socialist."<br><br>
Bialystok has a rich history as well. See:<br><br>
<b>The Bialystoker Memorial Book</b> <br>
<a href="http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor1.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor1.htm</a><br><br>
. . . and particularly:<br><br>
Dr. M. Sudarski,
<a href="http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor2.htm#zamenhoff"><b>Dr.
Ludwig
Zamenhof</a></b>
<a href="http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/yizkor2.htm#zamenhoff"> and
Esperanto</a> <br><br>
Of parenthetical interest is:<br><br>
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Sochaczew, Poland (Pages 647- 669): Between The Two World Wars by M
Frydman Translated by Jerrold Landau<br>
<a href="http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sochaczew/so647.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sochaczew/so647.html</a><br><br>
. . . which mentions both the Haskalah and an Esperanto group.<br><br>
Thanks to Project Gutenberg, you can read or download <br><br>
<i>The Haskalah Movement in Russia</i> by Jacob S. Raisin<br>
<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15921" eudora="autourl">
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15921</a><br><br>
. . . in which Zamenhof is mentioned in a footnote.<br><br>
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