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
Dr. Eric Patterson, VOC’s President and CEO, toured the Romanian Parliament, schools, and cultural institutions earlier this week. As the government of Romania has taken an active interest in VOC’s curriculum, teacher training, and museum, Dr. Patterson visited to advance… 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
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
