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The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW, two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol. [1] The memorial is dedicated "to the more than one hundred million victims of communism".
- Mass killings under communist regimes
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation plans to build...
- Memorial to the Victims of Communism
The Memorial to the victims of Communism ( Czech: Pomník...
- Mass killings under communist regimes
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation ( VOC) is a non-profit anti-communist organization in the United States, authorized by a unanimous Act of Congress in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of communism ." [3]
- 1994
- 52-1920858
- Elizabeth Spalding, Chairman
- Washington, D.C.
Overview. The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) is an educational, research, and human rights nonprofit organization devoted to commemorating the more than 100 million victims of communism around the world and to pursuing the freedom of those still living under totalitarian regimes. The Foundation was authorized in 1993 by a ...
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In 2023, Salt Lake City designated November 7th as Victims of Communism Day. In 2020, as a result of educational efforts by our Victims of Communism – St. Louis Commission, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson issued a Proclamation declaring November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a resolution on ...
The Victims of Communism Memorial was dedicated by President George W. Bush on Tuesday, June 12, 2007. June 12 was chosen as the 20th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s famous Brandenburg Gate speech at which he said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”. Two years after the Reagan speech, the Berlin Wall fell, and two years after ...
