Kalmi Baruh

Scholar in the field of Judeo-Spanish language and pioneer of the Sephardic & Hispanic studies in former Yugoslavia. Born in Sarajevo, Baruh's academic studies and the PhD were at attained at University of Vienna. He worked as a teacher in the First Sarajevo Gymnasium and was the only Balkan Peninsula scholarship recipient from the Spanish Government for the post-doctoral studies in the Spanish Center for Historic Studies in Madrid (1928/9). He spoke ten languages and published numerous important research works. He was an eminent intellectual who gave special attention to the pupils of poor social background, workers' education, inter-religious tolerance and fought against anti-semitism. He died in a concentration camp in 1945.