Charles de Gaulle and his role in Polish history
Photo: ©City of WarsawBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaWhen visiting one of the most prominent locations of the capital of Poland, Wa...
Elektrėnai Soviet purpose built town in Lithuania
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBorn and spending my childhood and teenage years in occupied by totalitarian communist system Poland I h...
Maserati, Rolls Royce, Mercedes, Cadillac… a glimpse into comrade Brezhnev’s luxurious car choices
By Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaIt is 1980. Not far from Zavidovo, Soviet Republic. Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev is driving recklessly from hi...
Soviet invasion of Poland: start of totalitarian occupation
On September 17 about 1 million troops of the Red Army crossed the eastern borders of Poland starting the red invasion of Poland. It wa...
Commemoration of General Sosabowski and his 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaIn September 1944, around 1,000 parachutists from the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade of Genera...
Hill of Crosses in Lithuania a pilgrimage destination and a site of peaceful resistance
By Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaHill of Crosses situated about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania...