Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska History The Act of Reinstating Independence of Lithuania or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania. The Council was chaired by Jonas Basanavičius. The Act formulated the basic constitutional principles that still apply in Lithuania. […]
On March 18 Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska, president of EIOCO, was interviewed by Polish news broadcasting internationally. She elaborated on the vision, purpose and the activities of our Institute. She explained that the knowledge about communism is often not correct in western Europe and that various stereotypes are perpetuated which shed the wrong light on this issue. […]
By Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska On September 19, 1940 Witold Pilecki, a member of the Secret Polish Army, let himself get caught and arrested by German policemen in Warsaw in order to be sent to Auschwitz death camp. His intention was to infiltrate the camp, set up a resistance network there and gather information about the death […]
On February 19 the Parliament of Estonia the Riigikogu passed the Statement “On Historical Memory and Falsification of History” (140 AE) . The statement was submitted by 73 members of the Parliament. 72 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the Statement and one member was against. The Statement reads: “Condemning the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska History The Act of Reinstating Independence of Lithuania or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania. The Council was chaired by Jonas Basanavičius. The Act formulated the basic constitutional principles that still apply in Lithuania. […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Events in Timisoara in mid December 1989 mark the begin of the Romanian Revolution which led to the death of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena, the end of 42 years of Communist Rule in Romania, which was the last removal of a Marxist-Leninist government in a Warsaw pact […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska The protest in the Wujek mine began 3 days after the introduction of martial law in Poland and receiving information that the head of the company’s Solidarity Jan Ludwiczak was arrested. The Pacification of Wujek on December 16, 1981 intended to break the Solidarity union after the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981. Pro-Solidarity […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On December 13 1981 in the morning Polish people woke up in the new shocking reality caused by the totalitarian communist system. On the television they saw General Jaruzelski- Prime Minister and the First Secretary of The Party announcing: Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski seen ready in a TV studio to read a speech […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Interview with Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen, director of ‘’My favourite War’’ animated film about her life under communism. The premiere in Latvia of ‘’My favourite War’’ is planned in March 2020. Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska: I watched fragments of your almost 80 minute animated documentary based on your life ’’My favourite […]
On November 28, 2019 in Wijnhaven-building campus of The Hague of Leiden University a public debate entitled “The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its Legacy: Spheres of Influence in Europe” will take place. Public debate is organized by SGTRS Foundation History of Totalitarian Regime and their Victims and BASIS (Bachelor Students of International Studies) with the cooperation […]
On December 6 we were guest of H.E. Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the Hague, Mr Marcin Czepelak, Phd. During the meeting we presented the vision of our Institute and the scope of our activities and actions. We discussed together the possibilities of further cooperation. By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska
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