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
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
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
Manager/Director of EducationVictims of Communism Memorial FoundationWashington, DC 20005Full-Time Do you care about democracy and freedom around the globe? Authorized in 1993 by a unanimous Act of Congress, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is an educational, research, and… Read More
A new report from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and The Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy, entitled Torture: Venezuela’s State Policy, discusses the systematic use of torture by the Venezuelan government as a tool to instill fear and suppress dissent. The report highlights: Read… Read More
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
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/.
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
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
One month after Venezuela’s fraudulent elections, many are asking, what happens now? Former U.S. diplomat Thomas Shannon recently stated that Venezuela is facing two possible futures: the Ortega Model and the Romanian Model. The first model would result in… Read More
