On September 23, senior curator Maciej Siekierski introduced Helena Paderewska: Memoirs, 1910-20 at Julin, a country estate in eastern Poland. This manor home was meaningful to Paderewska: she purchased it in 1920 to establish a school for “country girls, victims of the war,” who would learn agriculture as well as French and English. The estate survived World War II and remains intact today. Several of the individuals attending the book launch were descendants of the graduates of Paderewska’s school.
