The insane army's document states that Esperanto was invented by a Russian, 'The Aggressor'.
In fact, Zamenhof was born on 15 December (3 December OS) 1859 in the town of Białystok in the then Russian Empire (now part of Poland). He stated that his native language was Russian, but he also spoke Yiddish and Polish; it was Polish that became the native language of his children. His father was a teacher of German, and he also spoke that language fluently. Later he learned French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and English, and had an interest in Italian, Spanish and Lithuanian...
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The insane army's document states that Esperanto was invented by a Russian, 'The Aggressor'.
In fact, Zamenhof was born on 15 December (3 December OS) 1859 in the town of Białystok in the then Russian Empire (now part of Poland). He stated that his native language was Russian, but he also spoke Yiddish and Polish; it was Polish that became the native language of his children. His father was a teacher of German, and he also spoke that language fluently. Later he learned French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and English, and had an interest in Italian, Spanish and Lithuanian...
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