On November 7, Victims of Communism Day, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed the week to be National Anti-Communism Week. As the proclamation reads: This week, our Nation observes Anti-Communism Week, a solemn remembrance of the devastation caused by one of… Read More
Listen as Dr. Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) and Founding Director of the Victims of Communism Museum, joins O’Connor & Company on WMAL to discuss Victims of Communism Day and the recent election… Read More
Tune in as Dr. Eric Patterson, President and CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, joins Fox Business’ Lydia Hu to discuss VOC, the dangers of ‘class warfare’ rhetoric and policies, and why many fear that New York City… Read More
On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Dr. Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) and Founding Director of the Victims of Communism Museum, was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary at the Embassy of Hungary… Read More
José Daniel Ferrer, a long-time dissident against the communist regime in Cuba, and a VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom awardee, is now in the United States following action by the U.S. government “after suffering years of abuse, torture, and threats… Read More
Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-25) and Joe Wilson (SC-2) joined VOC President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson to re-launch the Congressional Victims of Communism Caucus at the U.S. Capitol. VOC is proud to partner with these distinguished leaders in… Read More
On Thursday April 10, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Joe Wilson (SC-2) joined Dr. Eric Patterson, President and CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, to re-launch the Congressional Victims of Communism Caucus. The representatives announced their priorities for the 119th Congress, from educating… Read More
Before the Baltic Ministerial event at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on March 25, CNN conducted a remote interview with Baiba Braze, the Latvian Foreign Minister, at the VOC Museum. The Minister discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine, US sanctions… Read More
VOC Co-Founder Dr. Lee Edwards was posthumously honored on Monday, March 10 at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. Friends and family members of Dr. Edwards—including VOC’s President and CEO Dr. Eric Patterson and Chairman of the Board Elizabeth Spalding—were… Read More
WASHINGTON—The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) today announced the election of Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett and Andrea Lauer Rice to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Lantos Swett is a leading voice for human rights, religious freedom, and anticommunism across the… Read More
