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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 […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska “What should I live for? For this system to kill me slowly and mercilessly? It would be better to end my life at once… There will never be freedom here. Even the word freedom has been forbidden.” These were the final thoughts of Romas Kalanta, a 19-year-old night-school student from Vilijampolė, Lithuania, before […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On this day, 76 years ago, the Baltic nations endured one of the most harrowing events of the Soviet era. In a calculated attempt to suppress resistance and exert control over the occupied territories, the Soviet Union orchestrated the largest mass deportations in the region. Beginning on March 25, 1949, thousands of individuals-over […]
By Jack Twiss Quarles van Ufford. Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vilnius, Lithuania Some exhibitions leave you behind with more questions than answers. And isn’t that what museums and art are supposed to do. To challenge your preconceptions about something and encourage you to question those. Not necessarily to change your […]
Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Grutas park in Lithuania is a unique place which cannot be missed if you are interested in history and especially in communism and communist propaganda. It is an impressive 2km long exposition park where about 90 monumental sculptures of communist leaders, dictators from the Soviet times are displayed. While walking you cannot miss the […]
By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska “Doctor, will I live?” These were the last words of Loreta Asanavičiūtė, a 23 year old Lithuanian freedom defender, who was run over by a Soviet tank on January 13 1991. On this day armoured Soviet forces drove through peaceful crowd which gathered to protect the symbol of Lithuania’s independence – […]
By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska On the 13th of January, Freedom Defenders’Day is celebrated in Lithuania to commemorate victims of the Soviet military aggression of 1991. The candle, as symbol of the memory, is lit on this day across Lithuania and by the Lithuanian communities abroad. On 13 January 1991 armored Soviet forces drove through peaceful […]
Patrick van Schie After having ruled the Soviet Union for more than a quarter of a century, Josef Stalin died seventy years ago, in the early morning of March 5, 1953. “The news of Comrade Stalin’s passing will cause deep sorrow in the hearts of the workers, collective peasants, intellectuals and the entire working […]
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 […]
By Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska Hill of Crosses situated about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania is a pilgrimage destination and is extremely impressive. It has been a place of courageous peaceful resistance against the Russian and Soviet oppressors. Crosses are a symbol of faith, hope and freedom. During the Soviet era they were removed […]
On Wednesday, 13 January, at 9.55 a.m., while commemorating the 30th anniversary of the defence of the restored independence of Lithuania, Lithuanian Seimas kindly invites you to watch a video recording of the celebration of the Day of the Defenders of Freedom and the Freedom Prize awarding ceremony. During the broadcast from the Seimas […]
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