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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 […]

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 […]

80 Years of ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies’ – A Debate on Popper’s Warning

It has been 80 years since Karl Popper published his book The Open Society and Its Enemies. In his book Popper […]

Remembering Katyn: EIOCO participates in Katyn remembrance event

On April 12, we were invited as a guest speaker by the General Sosabowski Polish School in Brunssum to the […]

Daughters of Poland: The Lewandowska Sisters and the War’s Two Fronts

Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska The Katyn Massacre refers to the mass execution of over 20,000 Polish military officers, police officers, and intellectuals, […]

Katyn: erased but not forgotten

By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On April 13, 1943, the whole world heard about the crime committed by the Soviets. On that […]