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After his death, Waldorff's friends organized the lobbying, so the City
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of actively supporting murderers who attacked socialism. This protest led by the Warsaw chapter of the
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Mieczysław Jankowski for 61 years. He died on December 29, 1999, and was buried at the
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and elaborated the unwritten memoir of his own friend, the Polish eminent pianist
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in postwar Poland, Waldorff, being one of Kraków editors of
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Waldorff organized the Festival of Polish Piano Music in
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Muzyka łagodzi obyczaje: artykuły, recenzje, felietony
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243:Waldorff spent his childhood in
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286:distinguished professor
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