EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression

The purpose of the EIOCO is to educate generations about the true character of the totalitarian system which is communism.

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

43 years ago today, Grzegorz Przemyk died.
He was only 19 years old, a high school graduate brutally beaten by officers of the #communist Milicja Obywatelska in May 1983. An article by @BruggemanSekows https://t.co/oaOZsBHCXl
#poland #communism #grzegorzprzemyk #history

[Lithuania at UNESCO 🇱🇹 @LithuaniaUNESCO]

Neither Nazis nor the USSR cared about international treaties. Deportation, murder, and terror followed any territorial occupation. In 1944, the most brutal mechanisms of Stalin's totalitarian regime were in place: the absolute transfer of power to Moscow, terror and political repression.

[PLinNederland @PLinNederland]

In 1944 and 1945, the Soviet Army entered Poland and used military force to crush the efforts of Polish citizens to restore their state. The Soviet propaganda machine tried to normalise the occupation by calling it liberation. The Soviet Union didn't have its own Nuremberg.

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

Een moment van bezinning op moed en veerkracht: vrouwen zoals #MariaTuci, #JaninaLewandowska, #AgnieszkaDowborMuśnicka #LoretaAsanavičiūtė, zusters #StanislawaFalkus #LeopoldaLudwig trotseerden onderdrukking, geweld en vervolging.

https://t.co/gQRrNtatJX

[Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska @BruggemanSekows]

For many, March 8 means celebration. Behind the #IronCurtain it meant pantyhose, carnations, propaganda. I revisit the history of International Women’s Day and the courage of women under totalitarian regimes in #Albania, #Lithuania and #Poland

https://t.co/6TTWV4z6a3

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Lecture by our vice-chairman Patrick van Schie at the Maczek Memorial in Breda on the history and importance of women’s suffrage. A reminder that voting rights only have real value in a free, democratic system.
https://t.co/wNralE9V7O

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

Lezing van onze vice-voorzitter Patrick van Schie in het Maczek Memorial in Breda over de geschiedenis en het belang van vrouwenkiesrecht. Een herinnering dat stemrecht alleen waarde heeft in een vrije democratie.
https://t.co/HqWbLyC8MJ

[Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska @BruggemanSekows]

On March1 #Poland honors the #Cursedsoldiers anti‑communist fighters like #WitoldPilecki who fought for freedom after 1945.
https://t.co/XIbb5c1wGl‑pilecki‑and‑the‑first‑ever‑comprehensive‑report‑on‑nazi‑germanys‑auschwitz‑atrocities/ #communism

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Boeksignalement van #EmmanuelWaegemans, #Samizdat. Geschiedenis van de Russische ondergrondse (Antwerpen, 2024) 256 pp.
https://t.co/Ec2NYcaidO

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

For #Poland and many countries in Central/Eastern Europe, 1944–45 did not mean #liberation, but a new domination by the #SovietUnion, accompanied by violence by the #RedArmy: looting, rape, and murder, as shown by the fate of two Polish #nuns.

https://t.co/fALgZ8T1Ps

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

Voor #Polen en veel landen in Midden/Oost-Europa betekende 1944-45 geen bevrijding, maar nieuwe overheersing door de #SovjetUnie, met geweld door het #RodeLeger: roof, verkrachting en moord, zoals het lot van twee Poolse #kloosterzusters laat zien.

https://t.co/rrnIsKbttx

[Institute of National Remembrance @ipngovpl_eng]

Stanisława Falkus and Leopolda Ludwig were sisters of the Sisters of the Divine Savior order.

#OTD in 1945, they were murdered in a chapel by soldiers of the Red Army after being sexually assaulted. Their beatification process is currently ongoing.

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

#OTD 35 years ago, Lithuanians armed only with courage faced Russian tanks. 14 killed, 500+ wounded at the #Vilnius TV Tower. Among them, 23-year-old Loreta Asanavičiūtė. Always honor their memory. #Sausio13

[Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska @BruggemanSekows]

#OTD 35 years ago, Lithuanians armed only with courage faced Russian tanks. 14 killed, 500+ wounded at the #Vilnius TV Tower. Among them, 23-year-old Loreta Asanavičiūtė.
Always honor their memory.
#Sausio13
https://t.co/aOIPbUA1XN @JackTwiss @aloysbruggeman @LT_Embassy_NL

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

#Czechia follows other countries that experienced communism, such as #Poland, #Lithuania, #Latvia, #Estonia, #Ukraine, in criminalizing the promotion of #communism
https://t.co/soqhs4ZctM

[Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska @BruggemanSekows]

#otd 44 years ago 44 years ago #Martiallaw was declared in #Poland, crushing opposition. An iconic #Warsaw photo by #chrisniedenthal shows Apocalypse Now playing outside the Moskwa (Moscow) cinema—an eerie mirror of the moment. #history #communism #poland #memories

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

Gertrude Detzel lay Catholic who endured decades of #Soviet persecution, sustaining faith in #Kazakh labor camps. In 2025, she became the first Central Asian laywoman with a cause for beatification submitted to #theVatican. #GertrudeDetzel #communism
https://t.co/1qix0lR263

[Beata Bruggeman-Sękowska @BruggemanSekows]

Vandaag viert #Polen zijn Onafhankelijkheidsdag. In 1918 kreeg het land na 123 jaar zijn onafhankelijkheid terug. Onder het communisme kon deze dag echter niet vrij worden gevierd. Waarom? Lees mijn artikel: https://t.co/UljwDrc0O0

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

Dit jaar verscheen het tweede boek van #LeaYpi, de #Albanese auteur die eerder Free schreef, een werk over het leven in #Albanië gezien door de ogen van haar kindertijd.
Een boekrecensie door Patrick van Schie.

https://t.co/D9H8Oa0v4n

[EIOCO: European Institute on Communist Oppression @EiocoO]

This year saw the publication of the second book by #LeaYpi, the #Albanian author who previously wrote Free, a work about life in #Albania as seen through her childhood eyes. A book review by Patrick van Schie.

https://t.co/KMHh2OLFPu

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Eduard Profittlich – A Martyr of #Communism and the First Blessed of Estonia. Latest article by @BruggemanSekows
https://t.co/VkxxfhwXVd #eduardprofittlich #Estonia #Poland #Netherlands