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...
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...
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...
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...