Estonia’s Struggle for Independence and Freedom
Photo taken at Patarei Memorial Museum for Victims of Communism ©Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBy Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaThe Estonia...
The Unfinished Business of WWII: Russia’s Ever-Expanding Imperialism
Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaAs we mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in 2025, it's time to set the historical record ...
Restoration of Independence Day of Estonia
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaEstonia celebrates the Restoration of Independence on 20 August 1991, when the Supreme Council at 23.02 dec...
The Invasion of Czechoslovakia and the end of the Prague Spring
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaIn the summer of 1968, Czechoslovakia underwent a remarkable period of political liberalization known as th...
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 ...
Romas Kalanta: A Symbol of Lithuanian Resistance
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska“What should I live for? For this system to kill me slowly and mercilessly? It would be better to end my li...
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...
Operation Priboi: A Dark Chapter in Baltic History
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaOn this day, 76 years ago, the Baltic nations endured one of the most harrowing events of the Soviet era. I...
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 ...
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...