On Tuesday, February 4, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation welcomed Bishop Azad Marshall, Moderator Bishop of the Church of Pakistan to the VOC Museum. Pakistan is one of the many Central Asian countries that fell victim to communism, especially… Read More
VOC President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson, Congressman Joe Wilson, Ukraine’s Chief of Chaplains Larysa Polyanska, and other officials gathered at the Holodomor Memorial as part of Ukraine Week commemorations. In his remarks, Patterson said, “I used to think about… Read More
On Monday February 3rd, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Benedict XVI Institute and the International Religious Freedom Summit, hosted a discussion on the martyrs of communism. The event featured a fireside chat between Archbishop Salvatore… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was honored to meet with Arizona Superintendent of Education Tom Horne to discuss the use of VOC’s updated high school curriculum and other resources at the Department of Education in Phoenix. Tied to state… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is proud to announce that VOC Academic Council member Dr. Sean McMeekin has won the 2025 Conservative Book of the Year from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) for his new work To Overthrow the… Read More
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, VOC Academic Council Member Dr. Sean McMeekin reviews Tsuyoshi Hasegawa’s The Last Tsar, a book highlighting the “dramatic end of Nicholas II’s reign” amidst the rise of communism in Russia: “More than a century… Read More
On April 24, 2025, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation will convene with embassies, representatives of captive nations, and human rights organizations for the 18th annual Roll Call of Nations Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Victims of Communism Memorial. This event will honor the memory of… Read More
Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia’s son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, was abducted by the Maduro regime on Tuesday, January 7. En route to drop off his children at school, Tudares was intercepted, forced into another vehicle, and then driven away. His whereabouts are… Read More
Unwind the hidden threads of China’s system of forced labor in a new documentary from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Featuring witness testimony from a Uyghur once held captive and forced to labor in Xinjiang, along with a panel… Read More
Research from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) analyzing leaked documents of Volkswagen’s controversial audit in Xinjiang played an important role in the German automaker’s decision to exit the region. The company’s November 27 announcement comes after mounting pressure… Read More
