When communists seize power, one of their first actions is moving swiftly against everyone and anything that stands against them politically. Opposition candidates are arrested, political parties are dismantled, and rivals are sidelined or killed. When nobody is left to challenge them politically, they then go after… Read More
Josip Broz Tito was a communist dictator who ruled Yugoslavia for nearly four decades. He played a significant role in global politics, particularly during the Cold War. Following his split with Joseph Stalin in 1948, Tito gradually adjusted his domestic… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s Balkan Studies Initiative aims for the first time in VOC history to cover the tragedy that was communist repression in the Balkan peninsula. The Balkans—and their complex experience with communism—remain severely understudied in the… Read More
