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
European double standards in foreign policy are nothing new—the latest reactions to the United States’ sanctions on Venezuelan oil provide yet another glaring example in a sea of switchbacks and hypocrisy. Once again, Europe proves that when it comes to… Read More
On April 2, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and Hillsdale College were honored to host a book signing and discussion with Senator Tom Cotton on his must-read Seven Things You Can’t Say About China at the VOC museum. Seven Things You Can’t Say About China is… Read More
A new report from Agnes Tycner, VOC’s 2022-2023 Research Fellow in Polish Studies, examines how Pope John Paul II fought communism in Poland by restoring human dignity and renewing a lost hope. As Tycner writes in Taking Down Communism From… Read More
Estonia is one of the smallest countries in Northeast Europe. Due to its location, it has been invaded and occupied throughout history. Estonia would not gain democratic independence until 1918, but this was short lived with the onset of World War… 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
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was honored to host the Baltic Foreign Ministers for a discussion at the VOC Museum on March 25, 2025. H.E. Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, H.E. Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of… Read More
VOC Academic Council Member, Dr. Paul Kengor, recently published an article mourning the loss of President Reagan’s Chief Speech Writer, Tony Dolan, in the American Spectator. Dr. Kengor got to know Dolan while writing many books and articles on the… 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
