Lidia Zamenhof
E121863
Lidia Zamenhof was a Polish Esperantist, translator, and writer, known for promoting Esperanto and the Baháʼí Faith before her death in the Holocaust.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lidia Zamenhof canonical | 5 |
| Zamenhof | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964511 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lidia Zamenhof Context triple: [L. L. Zamenhof, child, Lidia Zamenhof]
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A.
Zofia Zamenhof
Zofia Zamenhof was a Polish physician and the daughter of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, who was murdered in the Holocaust.
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B.
Klara Zamenhof
Klara Zamenhof was the wife of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, and an important supporter of the early Esperanto movement.
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C.
L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist and linguist best known for devising the international auxiliary language Esperanto to promote global communication and understanding.
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D.
Adam Zamenhof
Adam Zamenhof was a Polish Jewish ophthalmologist and the son of Esperanto creator L. L. Zamenhof, who was murdered in the Holocaust.
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E.
Leo Pinsker
Leo Pinsker was a 19th-century Jewish physician and early Zionist thinker best known for his influential pamphlet "Auto-Emancipation," which argued for Jewish national self-determination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lidia Zamenhof Target entity description: Lidia Zamenhof was a Polish Esperantist, translator, and writer, known for promoting Esperanto and the Baháʼí Faith before her death in the Holocaust.
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A.
Zofia Zamenhof
Zofia Zamenhof was a Polish physician and the daughter of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, who was murdered in the Holocaust.
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B.
Klara Zamenhof
Klara Zamenhof was the wife of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, and an important supporter of the early Esperanto movement.
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C.
L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist and linguist best known for devising the international auxiliary language Esperanto to promote global communication and understanding.
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D.
Adam Zamenhof
Adam Zamenhof was a Polish Jewish ophthalmologist and the son of Esperanto creator L. L. Zamenhof, who was murdered in the Holocaust.
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E.
Leo Pinsker
Leo Pinsker was a 19th-century Jewish physician and early Zionist thinker best known for his influential pamphlet "Auto-Emancipation," which argued for Jewish national self-determination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baháʼí
ⓘ
Esperantist ⓘ human ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activity |
lecturing about Esperanto in Europe and North America
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teaching Esperanto correspondence courses ⓘ writing articles in Esperanto periodicals ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | extermination camp gassing ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Poland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-01-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1942-08-?? ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish Jews ⓘ |
| familyName |
Zamenhof
ⓘ
linked to:
Lidia Zamenhof
|
| father | L. L. Zamenhof ⓘ |
| fullName | Lidia Zamenhof ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lidia ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Jewish ⓘ |
| ideology |
internationalism
ⓘ
peace through a neutral international language ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Esperanto ⓘ French ⓘ Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murdered in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| mother | Klara Zamenhof ⓘ |
| movement |
Baháʼí teaching work
ⓘ
Esperanto movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Esperanto translations of literary works
ⓘ
promotion of Esperanto ⓘ promotion of the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Baháʼí introductory texts in Esperanto
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Esperanto translation of "Quo Vadis" ⓘ Esperanto translation of works by Selma Lagerlöf ⓘ |
| occupation |
Esperanto teacher
ⓘ
language instructor ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| persecutedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Congress Poland
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ Warsaw ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Treblinka extermination camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Treblinka
|
| religion |
Baháʼí Faith
ⓘ
linked to:
Baha'i Faith
Judaism (background) ⓘ |
| residence | Warsaw ⓘ |
| sibling |
Adam Zamenhof
ⓘ
Zofia Zamenhof ⓘ |
| victimOf | Holocaust ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lidia Zamenhof Description of subject: Lidia Zamenhof was a Polish Esperantist, translator, and writer, known for promoting Esperanto and the Baháʼí Faith before her death in the Holocaust.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lidia Zamenhof