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The Martyrdom of the Salvatorian Sisters in Mikołów (1945)

Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Stanisława Falkus and Leopolda Ludwig belonged to the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians). On […]

Czechia criminalizes promotion of communism

As of 1 January 2026, Czechia has amended its Criminal Code to place the promotion of communist ideology on the […]

Meeting with Maczek Memorial

On December 10th, the board of the European Institute on Communist Oppression and the Central and Eastern Europe Center (www.communications-unlimited.nl) […]

From Soviet Persecution to Rome: The Remarkable Journey of Gertrude Detzel

Catholic News Agency journalist Alexey Gotovskiy published an article about Gertrude Detzel, the first laywoman from Central Asia to reach […]

Book Review: Lea Ypi, Indignity: A Life Reimagined

by Patrick van Schie This year saw the publication of the second book by Lea Ypi, the Albanian author who […]

Eduard Profittlich – A Martyr of Communism and the First Blessed of Estonia

Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On 6 September 2025, the beatification of Bishop and martyr Fr. Eduard Profittlich, S.J., took place in Tallinn. […]

Communist Disinformation by Western Journalists in Moscow

Book Review of Alan Philps: The Red Hotel by Patrick van Schie   Mr. Jones In the 2019 film Mr. […]

The Invasion of Czechoslovakia and the end of the Prague Spring

Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska In the summer of 1968, Czechoslovakia underwent a remarkable period of political liberalization known as the Prague Spring. […]

Forty Years After Enver Hoxha: Albania’s Dictatorship and the Martyrdom of Maria Tuci

Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Forty years have passed since the death of Enver Hoxha (April 11, 1985, in Tirana, aged 76). For […]

Half a Century After the Helsinki Final Act: Open Door or Hollow Gesture?

By Patrick van Schie On August 1, 1975, leaders of 35 states – from Europe, the United States, and Canada […]

Sean McMeekin, To Overthrow the World. The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (London, 2024), ISBN 978-1-911723-53-0

Book Review by Patrick van Schie A fine addition to the comprehensive works on communism was published last year by […]

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 Bruggeman-Sekowska […]