Helena Paderewska

Memoirs, 1910-1920
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-8179-1865-1
Verlag: Hoover Institution Press

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

In her memoirs, Helena Paderewska, wife of the celebrated pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski, tells how she partnered with her husband to influence the course of history for their native Poland after World War I. Through his fame as a musician, Paderewski gained access to top political leadership and became an eloquent spokesman for the country of his birth, then divided among the empires of Germany, Russia, and Austro-Hungary. With Helena's support and collaboration, Paderewski succeeded in uniting the Polish American community and gaining the support of the Allied governments toward Polish independence.Helena's story represents a rare example of a woman's documenting the world of international politics during the Great War and its immediate aftermath. As Paderewski's companion, she facilitated and accompanied virtually his every move and was one of only several women present for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Her accounts are essential sources on the key historical events in which she and her husband participated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siekierski, Maciej

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Einzelne Filmschauspieler, Filmregisseure, Drehbuchautoren
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Maciej Siekierski is emeritus senior curator of European Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives at Stanford University. Over thirty-six years, he was central to building Hoover’s Polish and Eastern European collections, the most preeminent of such holdings in the United States. Helena Paderewska was born Helena Rosen in 1856 in Warsaw. In addition to joining in her husband’s accomplishments, she founded and directed the Polish White Cross, which enlisted almost twenty thousand members in bringing assistance to victims of war, a humanitarian and patriotic effort on a scale previously unknown.