Editing L. L. Zamenhof (section)

===Family===
Zamenhof and his wife [[Klara Zamenhof|Klara Silbernik]] raised three children, a son, [[Adam Zamenhof|Adam]], and two daughters, [[Zofia Zamenhof|Zofia]] and [[Lidia Zamenhof|Lidia]]. All three were murdered by the Nazis.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mind & Society Fads |first1=Frank W. |last1=Hoffmann |first2=William G. |last2=Bailey |year=1992 |publisher=Haworth Press |isbn=1-56024-178-0}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AzFuFjFwVSYC&pg=PA116 p. 116] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717041621/https://books.google.com/books?id=AzFuFjFwVSYC&pg=PA116 |date=17 July 2023 }}: "Between world wars, Esperanto fared worse and, sadly, became embroiled in political power moves. Adolf Hitler wrote in ''Mein Kampf'' that the spread of Esperanto throughout Europe was a Jewish plot to break down national differences so that Jews could assume positions of authority.... After the Nazis' successful Blitzkrieg of Poland, the Warsaw Gestapo received orders to 'take care' of the Zamenhof family.... Zamenhof's son was shot... his two daughters were put in Treblinka death camp."</ref>

[[Lidia Zamenhof]] in particular took a keen interest in Esperanto, and as an adult became a teacher of the language, travelling through Europe and to America to teach classes in it. Through her friendship with [[Martha Root]], Lidia accepted [[Bahá'u'lláh]] and became a member of the [[Baháʼí Faith]]. As one of its social principles, the Baháʼí Faith teaches that an auxiliary world language should be selected by the representatives of all the world's nations.

Zamenhof's grandson, [[Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof]] (Adam's son), lived in France from the 1960s until his death in 2019. As of 2020, Louis-Christophe's daughter, {{ill|Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof|eo}}, is active in the Esperanto movement.