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On Saturday, March 2 the Dutch newspaper published an opinion article of 2 pages  by Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska, our board member entitled Putin is the only one who can break all the rules, he rules like Stalin. In her article she discusses the similarities between Russia now at the Soviet times, the death of Navalny, war […]

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By Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska   ”AMERIKATSI” (meaning “American” in Armenian) has been selected by Armenia as its submission for the Best International Feature Film category for the 2024 Academy Awards. The film tells a story of Charlie who escapes the Armenian genocide as a boy by fleeing to the United States. He returns in 1947 and […]

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By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska   On May 13th at the Nederlands Fotomuseum a launch of the ‘’Siberian Exiles’’ part 2 by a talented documentary photographer Claudia Heinermann took place, a very special project devoted to the oppression of communism, abuse of power and crimes against humanity. In part 2 of the trilogy Claudia Heinermann follows the […]

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The Menno van Coehoorn Foundation has started an inventory of Cold War heritage in the Netherlands. The aim of this is to obtain as complete an overview as possible of what has been achieved in this period of 40 years of the Cold War and against which historical backgrounds. The Cold War map, as compiled […]

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Ambassadors of Lithuania, H.E. Mr. Neilas Tankevičius, Latvia H.E. Ms. Aiga Liepiņa and Estonia H.E. Mr. Lauri Kuusing invite to the 3rd edition of online Baltic Film Weekend in the Netherlands which will take place from 27 till 29 January. ”The 2023 edition is devoted to the courage and resolve of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians whose combined […]

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The remains of between 5,000 and 8,000 victims of communist terror were found in 29 graves in the southern city of Odessa in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are believed to have died during Joseph Stalin’s rule of the Soviet Union. Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58340805?fbclid=IwAR2wes53zd3pwxBrOBzZvSE_Qt0vio6ifnB0FuKA7Lm8W0Xrl4cvLiAjR5A  

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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, […]

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Mr Jacek Jaśkowiak, mayor of Poznań prepared an exclusive statement for EIOCO on the 65th anniversary of Poznań uprising.   By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska       Statement of the Mayor of Poznań Mr Jacek Jaśkowiak   On June 28, 1956, the road to freedom began in Poznań. Workers from Poznań factories took to the streets […]

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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.        

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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. […]

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