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Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska In June 2026, I visited the Museum of Victims of Political Repression in the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan. According to the museum, it is Kazakhstan's first museum dedicated to the political repression of 1937–1938. It opened on 2 November 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan's independence and to [...]
Catholic News Agency journalist Alexey Gotovskiy published an article about Gertrude Detzel, the first laywoman from Central Asia to reach the stage of beatification. Gertrude Detzel (1903–1971) was a lay Catholic who endured decades of persecution under Soviet rule and played a vital role in keeping the faith alive in Kazakh labor camps. Deported to […]
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