The Martyrdom of the Salvatorian Sisters in Mikołów (1945)
Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaStanisława Falkus and Leopolda Ludwig belonged to the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior (Sal...
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: 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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Ryszard Siwiec: first self-immolation against communist oppression
By Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaOn September 8, 1968, Ryszard Siwiec committed suicide by public self-immolation in protest against the ...
Launch of the 2nd part of ‘’Siberian Exiles’’
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaOn May 13th at the Nederlands Fotomuseum a launch of the ‘’Siberian Exiles’’ part 2 by a talented docume...