L. L. Zamenhof Esperanto, usually rendered as "humanitism" in English, sometimes rendered loosely as humanitarianism or humanism), based on the principles and teachings of Hillel the Elder. He said of Homaranismo: "It is indeed the object of my whole life. I would give up everything for it." Zamenhof came from and lived a very-much multilingual life. His name is/was variously translitterated, depending on the language: At his birth Zamenhof was given the Hebrew name "Eliezer" by his parents, the equivalent of the Latinized "Lazarus". However Zamenhof was born under Russian domination, and so his birth certificate records his name as "Leyzer Zamengov", using
Ludwik Kalkstein October 1994, in Munich, Germany. Ludwik Kalkstein Ludwik "Hanka" Kalkstein, also known as Ludwik Kalkstein-Stoliński, (13 March 1920, Warsaw – 26 October 1994, Munich); was one of the better known German Gestapo agents during the Warsaw Uprising as well as a Stalinist informant following the Soviet takeover of Poland. Along with his wife (Blanka Kaczorowska "Sroka"), they became traitors to the Armia Krajowa under not just one but two consecutive totalitarian regimes. Kalkstein was responsible for the arrest and execution by the Nazis of at least fourteen Polish underground officers, including the General Stefan Rowecki. Arrested by the Gestapo in