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and write petitions which turned out to be of no use. He railed profusely in verbal
outpourings recorded by Stanislaw Szenic in the biography of Maria Kalergis, at his
landlord, Count Potocki, who without notifying any ofhis tenants had sold the beauti-
ful garden located at the back ofthe property and containing the most magnificent trees
in the whole ofWarsaw. According to Nesselrode it had been one of the city’s finest
precincts, when suddenly workmen were sent in to cut down the trees and spoiled the
lovely sight to which he had become accustomed, as the windows of his apartment
gave a view onto that splendid garden. We have mentioned Nesselrode also because he
was the father of the famous Maria Kalergis, one of Chopin’s students and a friend of
many Poles. Maria Kalergis lived in the Palace on several occasions and gave concerts
in it, especially playing Chopin. We shall return to her later, as her story illustrates the
tortuous Polish-Russian relations which have left their mark on the Palace and may
still be sensed within its confines.
The Palace’s history
Fig. 59. German bookshop in Warsaw under
wartime occupation, July 1941; NAC
outpourings recorded by Stanislaw Szenic in the biography of Maria Kalergis, at his
landlord, Count Potocki, who without notifying any ofhis tenants had sold the beauti-
ful garden located at the back ofthe property and containing the most magnificent trees
in the whole ofWarsaw. According to Nesselrode it had been one of the city’s finest
precincts, when suddenly workmen were sent in to cut down the trees and spoiled the
lovely sight to which he had become accustomed, as the windows of his apartment
gave a view onto that splendid garden. We have mentioned Nesselrode also because he
was the father of the famous Maria Kalergis, one of Chopin’s students and a friend of
many Poles. Maria Kalergis lived in the Palace on several occasions and gave concerts
in it, especially playing Chopin. We shall return to her later, as her story illustrates the
tortuous Polish-Russian relations which have left their mark on the Palace and may
still be sensed within its confines.
The Palace’s history
Fig. 59. German bookshop in Warsaw under
wartime occupation, July 1941; NAC