Lil Picard Lil Picard Lil Picard, (born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 – May 10, 1994) was a cabaret actress, artist and critic born in Landau, Germany in 1899, who took part in several generations of Counterculture and Avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City. Lil Picard was born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick October 4, 1899 in Landau, Germany. She was the only child of Jakob, a wine producer and merchant, and Rosalie Benedick. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Strasbourg, Germany, which is now in France. Seeking solace from her parents, Lil found meaning in books. Westermann's "Monashefte"
Name of Croatia the derivation of Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ from the Old Persian "xaraxwat-", attested by the Old Iranian toponym "Harahvait-", the native name of Arachosia. "Arachosia" is the Latinized form of Ancient Greek Ἀραχωσία ("Arachosíā"); in Old Persian inscriptions, the region is referred to as "" (). In Indo-Iranian it actually means "one that pours into ponds", which derives from the name of the Sarasvati River of Rigveda. However, although the somewhat suggestive similarity, the connection to the name of Arachosia is etymologically incorrect. The first etymological thesis about the name of the Croats stems from Constantine Porphyrogennetos (tenth century), who connected the