Remembering the Victims: Inside Kazakhstan’s Museum of Political Repression
Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaIn May 2026, I visited the Museum of Victims of Political Repression in the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan. A...
International Women’s Day: from socialist ideals to somber memories
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaEvery year, International Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide, often seen as a positive day for women’s rig...
Estonia’s Struggle for Independence and Freedom
Photo taken at Patarei Memorial Museum for Victims of Communism ©Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaThe Estonia...
Forty Years After Enver Hoxha: Albania’s Dictatorship and the Martyrdom of Maria Tuci
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaForty years have passed since the death of Enver Hoxha (April 11, 1985, in Tirana, aged 76). For more than ...
Katyn, Disinformation and Memory: a new article in De Militaire Spectator
De Militaire Spectator, the military-academic journal of the Netherlands Armed Forces — has published the article written by Beata Brug...
Remembering Katyn: Open Lesson at the General Sosabowski Polish School in Dutch Brunssum
On April 12, Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska was invited as a guest speaker by the General Sosabowski Polish School in Brunssum to the open le...
Katyn: erased but not forgotten
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaOn April 13, 1943, the whole world heard about the crime committed by the Soviets. On that day, the Germ...
Daughters of Poland: The Lewandowska Sisters and the War’s Two Fronts
Photo: Janina Antonina LewandowskaBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaThe Katyn Massacre refers to the mass execution of over 20,000 Pol...
Cells of the Security Service: A Sobering Glimpse into the Era of Communist Repression in Poland
photo:©Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBeata Bruggeman-SekowskaLocated in the basements of the Ministry of Justice at Al. Ujazdowskie 1...
Patarei: A Grim Monument to Soviet Oppression and Communist Terror in Estonia
photo: ©Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaPatarei Prison, located in Tallinn, Estonia, holds a deeply painful ...