My guess in the case of Hitler is that Esperantism is
in its essence antifascist. He might have also
thought of it as a code. Also, Zamenhof was Jewish.
Clint
--- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote:
> Thomas R. Wier:
> Speaking of prejudice,
> >does anyone
> >know of any actual political repression of
> >conlangers besides that
> >of Stalin and Hitler against Esperantists?)
>
> Just why did the abovementioned gentlemen repress
> Esperantists? No book I've
> read ever cared to explain that.
>
>
> Andreas
>
>
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