Propagowanie idei Ludwika Zamenhofa w praktyce esperantystów

Abstract

The paper presents the activities of the Bialystok Esperanto Society. It is an organisation founded in 1991, an heir of the tradition of the pre-war society, founded in 1921 by Jakub Szapiro (1897–1941). On 2 December 1990, at a founding meeting, 34 Esperanto speakers from Bialystok decided to revive the Bialystok Esperanto Society. Thanks to the efforts of the Zamenhof Foundation and Esperanto enthusiasts, the building of the former Piaskower synagogue in ul. Piękna 3 has been renovated. Until 1999 it housed Ludwik Zamenhof Culture and Tourism Centre. Since 2000, the building has been the seat of the Bialystok Esperanto Society and the Zamenhof Foundation. The organisation mainly The main activity of the organisation is the popularisation of Esperanto in Bialystok and the region, organising language courses and the annual Bialystok Zamenhof Days. Society volunteers also run meetings of the Bialystok Language Café. The Society was the national representative of the World Esperanto Association during the organisation of the World Esperanto Congress in 2009, on the 150th birth anniversary of Ludwik Zamenhof.