Adam Zamenhof

Adam Zamenhof (1888 – 29 January 1940) was a Polish physician known for his work on ophthalmology.

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 murdered by the Germans.

[1] Adam and his wife Wanda were the parents of Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof.