Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof as not only the first such World Congress in the third millennium of the civil calendar but also the third century of Esperanto, reminding the delegates: "You came to discuss intercultural dialogue, the pressing need for which inspired the initiation of the international language. In fact, almost all his biographies relate the story of the young Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof living in the multicultural city of Białystok, observing the animosity that then governed relations among the varied nationalities, not finding a commonly understandable language, a tool that was, as he said, necessary for dialogue among the respective cultures. Mutual dialogue enables
Justus Ludwik Decjusz by the "Stowarzyszenie Willa Decjusza" (Organization Decjusz's Villa), which is located in the building. Justus Ludwik Decjusz Justus Ludwik Decjusz (, ; 1485–1545) was a notable Polish burgher and diplomat of German origin in 16th-century Kraków. He served as a finance minister and secretary to the Polish king Sigismund I the Old. Originally from Alsace, Decjusz's career peaked with his appointment as the king's personal adviser and overseer of the royal mint. He was also the author of a widely circulated text "De vetustatibus Polonorum" (, "On the Ancient Origins of the Poles"), an early version of the Sarmatian myth