Checkpoint Alpha: Germany’s Pivotal Cold War Border Crossing
©communications-unlimited.nlBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaNestled between the villages of Helmstedt in West Germany and Marienborn...
Lech Wałęsa: From Solidarity Leader to Poland’s First Democratically Elected President
On this day in 1990, Lech Wałęsa, a key figure in Poland's fight against communism, was elected as the country's president in its first...
Grzegorz Przemyk: A Life Cut Short by Communist Brutality
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaGrzegorz Przemyk (17 May 1964 – 14 May 1983) was an aspiring Polish poet whose untimely death became a p...
Dutch city of Breda and Polish heroes
By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska
On October 29, 1944, General Stanisław Maczek’s Polish 1st Armoured Division liberated the city of Breda fr...
The Baltic Way symbol of freedom and unity
Be Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska35 years ago, at 19:00 on 23 August 1989 approximately two million Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians j...
June 4, 1989 in Poland
On June 4, 1989 during the semi-free parliamentary elections Polish people voted on the Citizens’ Committee, an opposition group around...
Classes on Cursed Soldiers in Brunssum, the Netherlands
On March 1 the National Day of Remembrance of Cursed Soldiers is celebrated in Poland. At the Sosabowski Polish School in Dutch Brunssu...
Polish Round Table talks-paving the way to the fall of communism
The Polish Round Table Talks started on February 6 in the Namiestnikowski Palace in Warsaw and lasted till April 5 1989. The governme...
Witnessing communism in Grūtas park
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaGrutas park in Lithuania is a unique place which cannot be missed if you are interested in history and espe...
Lithuanian hero crashed by a Soviet tank
By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska"Doctor, will I live?"These were the last words of Loreta Asanavičiūtė, a 23 year old Lithuanian...