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De Militaire Spectator, the military-academic journal of the Netherlands Armed Forces — has published the article written by Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska entitled “De leugen als wapen: Katyn en georganiseerde desinformatie” (“The Lie as a Weapon: Katyn and Organized Disinformation”). Eighty-five years after the Katyn massacre, the subject remains strikingly relevant. What the Soviets once called desinformatsija […]
Initiatives
It has been 80 years since Karl Popper published his book The Open Society and Its Enemies. In his book Popper demonstrated how dangerous the political-philosophical foundations of Marxism already were. Our vice-chairman, Patrick van Schie, discussed the book on the evening of Monday, May 12, with GroenLinks MP Lisa Westerveld at the debate center De […]
On April 12, we were invited as a guest speaker by the General Sosabowski Polish School in Brunssum to the open lesson dedicated to the Katyn Massacre, The event was attended by students, teachers and parents. School Director Ms. Bożena Cichy delivered a presentation on the Katyn massacre, its historical overview and far-reaching consequences.Further, […]
On March 11, Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska, Chair of the European Institute on Communist Oppression and Chief Editor of the Central and Eastern Europe Center, delivered an insightful lecture at Nichols College in Massachusetts, USA. Invited by Professor Oliver Olson, she presented on “Cultural Awareness in Global Business”, exploring the historic perspective, the impact of totalitarianism, and […]
On March 1 the National Day of Remembrance of Cursed Soldiers is celebrated in Poland. European Institute on Communist Oppressions supported the school activities at the Sosabowski Polish School in Dutch Brunssum about the Cursed Soldiers as our target is sharing the knowledge about the crimes of communism. Pupils, parents and teachers gathered to honour […]
On August 6 our board represented by Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska and Aloys Bruggeman visited the General Ryszard Kukliński Museum in Warsaw and its director Filip Frąckowiak. They discussed the possibilities of further cooperation. Filip Frąckowiak offered a book written by his father: Józef Szaniawski- the founding father of the museum, PhD in history, political scientist, commentator, […]
On April 19 EIOCO had an online meeting with the Embassy of Georgia in the Hague. Ms Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska discussed with Mr. Erekle Koplatadze – Communications Officer of the Embassy future joint projects on various niveaus in order to promote the knowledge about communism in the Netherlands.
The European Institute on Communist Oppression together with the Embassy of Albania in the Hague, National Museum in Tirana ”House of Leaves”, Leiden University, Central and Eastern Europe Center: Communications-Unlimited.nl and the Dutch-Albanian Foundation is organizing on Friday, 3 April at the Leiden University College a unique event entitled: ”Memory, Transformation, Human Rights: Living Stories […]
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 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mr. Vidmantas Purlys. During our meeting we discussed such subjects as history justice issues, totalitarian systems, communism and Lithuanian resistance against Soviet occupation. We reflected also on the opportunities of introducing these subjects to a […]
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
We were guest of H.E. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms Andrea Gustović-Ercegovac. We had a very interesting talk about our CEE region and the Netherlands, the past, totalitarianism and our common, free Europe.We discussed the possibilities of further cooperation between EIOCO and the Embassy […]
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