Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 115-116. (Budapest, 19869

KISEBB KÖZLEMÉNYEK — ELŐADÁSOK - Kucharz, Eugeniusz: Dr. Odo Bujwid hozzájárulása az eszperantó fejlődéséhez (angol nyelven)

Fig. 1. Odo Bujwid (photo about 1937). From the collection of Bujwid Memorial Museum in Cracow. hof studied medicine in Warsaw (1881—1885) and they studied four years together. It is possible that they became friends and Zamenhof as the university student inspired Bujwid to the activity for the international language. In short time after the publication of the first handbook of Esperanto the language became popular. The first Esperanto newspaper was published in Nürnberg in 1893 and the first Esperanto-club was founded in Nürnberg in 1888. The first world congress of Espeiantists took place in 1905 in Boulogne sur Mer. From this year world congresses (so-called "Universala Kongreso") were organized yearly. The 8th World Esperanto-Congress (La Oka Universala Kongreso) was held in Cracow, August 11th — 18 th, 1912. The meeting was attended by 948 participants from 28 countries. It was the last Congress in which take part the creator of Esperanto — Dr. Zamenhof. The Congress was organized in the 25th anniversary of the language creation. Odo Bujwid was actively involved into Esperanto movement. In 1912 he took the post of the president of the organizing committee. Congress in Cracow was found very successful!. The cultural program — integral part of the meeting included presentation of opera "Halka" by Stanislaus Moniuszko and theater performance of "Mazepa" by Julius Siowacki both in Esperanto version