esperanto_story1-6, Exercise 3: Survival

Model answer (check the details):

How it survived: no state controlled it, so no single government could close it everywhere. Groups continued in neutral countries and in exile, the Geneva-based association carried on at a reduced level, and individuals kept up letters and quiet meetings.

Two losses that could not be replaced:
1. People. Many leading figures and ordinary members were killed, imprisoned or scattered, together with their knowledge and local groups.
2. Records and continuity. Libraries, archives and journals were lost, and the annual congresses stopped after 1939, which broke the habit of meeting.

Care: give numbers only as reported ranges, and use the word "reported" for individual stories from memoirs.