Send Us A Message
(202) 629-9500
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
900 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005

Staff

VOC congratulates California for passing legislation to memorialize the victims of communism. Introduced by State Senator Janet Nguyen (R), SB 1407 was approved by California’s House of Representatives and State Senate, and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 14, 2024…. Read More

The newest exhibit at the VOC Museum, Venezuela: The Deadly Toll of Socialism exposes the recent atrocities committed by the Chavista regime in Venezuela. Bear witness to the moving portraits of families that have lost their loved ones at the hands of… Read More

Students from Constituting America visited the VOC Museum. They toured the galleries, visited the newest temporary exhibit on Venezuela, and heard a lecture from VOC’s CEO and President Dr. Eric Patterson.  To book a school tour or internship tour for your students, visit https://vocmuseum.org/tickets/.

New research from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) analyzing a leaked, full copy of the confidential audit of Volkswagen’s controversial factory in Xinjiang, China, shows that key statements made about the audit were false or misleading.  According to analysis by… Read More

VOC Academic Council member F. Flagg Taylor writes for The Dispatch on the the 50th anniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago” a monumental work of history, politics, and literature. Read Taylor’s piece below: Can there be a duty to… Read More

Representative Mark Green (TN-07) introduced a bipartisan resolution denouncing Cuban human trafficking to call out Cuba’s medical brigades. VOC’s President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson is quoted in the press release saying: “Cuba’s so-called ‘Medical Brigades’ are an affront to… Read More

VOC Senior Fellow David Smolansky was quoted by the Washington Post Editorial Board on Maduro’s crimes in Venezuela. As the Editorial Board writes, “Nearly a year ago, the Biden administration saw an opening for democracy in Venezuela, easing some sanctions… Read More

VOC and the Foundation for Economic Education hosted a cohort of students from across the United States for a tour of the Victims of Communism Museum and a fireside chat on the ongoing Venezuelan struggle for freedom. After visiting VOC’s new temporary gallery… Read More

On July 28, 2024, the Venezuelan people went to the polls. All accounts point to a resounding defeat of socialist authoritarian Nicolás Maduro by opposition candidate Edmundo González. Unwilling to relinquish power, Maudro falsely claimed victory and began cracking down… Read More

On August 23, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, the Joint Baltic American National Committee, and the Embassies of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania gathered outside the Victims of Communism Museum to celebrate 35 years since the Baltic Way. On August… Read More