Disregarding the fact that Esperanto was invented by the Jewish linguist and scientist, Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, a National Socialist Esperanto Union was formed here today at a special conference.
No reference was made at the conference to the fact that Dr. Zamenhof, the “father of Esperanto,” was not “Aryan.”
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