Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989 Page: 16
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Rosen:
Landowska:
Rosen:
Landowska:
Rosen:
Landowska:making, sort of--you know, just looking at us or
saying something or pulling away from us. You see,
my mother was so strong, and my mother was a
British subject, and that in itself put us apart.
That and the fact that she was a very beautiful
woman, physically. And she was accustomed to
getting her own way, and she was accustomed to--
she just felt that we would sit there on the
benches long enough and they would pay attention
to her, and my father would come from wherever
they had taken him and everything would be all
right. And that was my impression of what was
going on with us at that time. [Pauses] Of course
she should have left, but she wouldn't leave him.
So your memories of going to public buildings with
your mother was after your father was taken away?
Right.
Not before?
But see--no, I was doing that--we were doing thatall the time.
Do you recall your parents ever talking about the
politics in Germany, or what the future--?
[Chuckles] My father was a nationalistic German,
he was very strongly for Germany. Not for Hitler,
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Rosen, Keith & Landowska, Maria. Oral History Interview with Maria Landowska, December 21, 1989, book, December 21, 1989; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2155550/m1/18/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.