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| | Ignacy Jan Paderewski |
 | | At the turn of the century, Ignacy Jan Paderewski's name was a household word in the United States and, to many Americans, their only association with Poland. |
 | | Paderewski's official memorandum on Poland, delivered to the President, resulted in Point Thirteen of President Woodrow Wilson's Proclamation, which insured a new, united, independent, and autonomous Poland after World War I. In 1919, the Versailles Peace Treaty recognizing Poland's independence was signed by Ignacy Jan Paderewski as the reborn nation's first Prime Minister. |
 | | Paderewski was the man whom President Franklin Delano Roosevelt described as a "modern immortal." Pianist and composer, orator, patriot and statesman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski became a legend during his lifetime. |
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