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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' ('''VOC''') is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]] authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using [[Adrian Zenz]] as one of its sources.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Ukes, Kooks & Spooks\|newspaper=Medium\|title=‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’\|date=2022-09-29\|url=https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195824/https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-date=2022-10-21\|retrieved=2022-11-07}}</ref>		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' ('''VOC''') is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]] authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using [[Adrian Zenz]] as one of its sources.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Ukes, Kooks & Spooks\|newspaper=Medium\|title=‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’\|date=2022-09-29\|url=https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195824/https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-date=2022-10-21\|retrieved=2022-11-07}}</ref>

	The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the [[European Union]]'s Platform of European Memory and Conscience. In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> ~~and lost whatever little credibility it had left.~~		The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the [[European Union]]'s Platform of European Memory and Conscience. In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as victims of communism and lost whatever little credibility it had left.<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

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	* ''[[The Black Book of Communism]]''		* ''[[The Black Book of Communism]]''

	~~== External links ==~~
	~~{{External links\|Wikipedia=Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation}}~~

	== References ==		== References ==

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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' ('''VOC''') is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]] authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using [[Adrian Zenz]] as one of its sources.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Ukes, Kooks & Spooks\|newspaper=Medium\|title=‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’\|date=2022-09-29\|url=https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195824/https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-date=2022-10-21\|retrieved=2022-11-07}}</ref>		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' ('''VOC''') is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]] authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using [[Adrian Zenz]] as one of its sources.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Ukes, Kooks & Spooks\|newspaper=Medium\|title=‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’\|date=2022-09-29\|url=https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195824/https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-date=2022-10-21\|retrieved=2022-11-07}}</ref>

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	== History ==		== History ==
	The foundation is the successor of the [[National Captive Nations Committee]] founded in 1960, which considered many [[Nation\|nations]] in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]] to be occupied by "Communist [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)\|Russian]] [[imperialism]]." It list of supposedly captive nations included Idel-Ural and Cossackia, which were made up by the [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]] propaganda ministry.<ref name=":0" />		The foundation is the successor of the [[National Captive Nations Committee]] founded in 1960, which considered many [[Nation\|nations]] in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]] to be occupied by "Communist [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)\|Russian]] [[imperialism]]." Its list of supposedly captive nations included Idel-Ural and Cossackia, which were made up by the [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]] propaganda ministry.<ref name=":0" />

	The VOC was founded in 1993 by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. [[Jimmy Carter]]'s National Security Advisor, [[Zbigniew Brzeziński\|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was also a cofounder<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> as well as Lev Dobriansky, who helped [[Fascism\|fascist]] collaborator [[Stepan Bandera]] receive a US visa. Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).		The VOC was founded in 1993 by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. [[Jimmy Carter]]'s National Security Advisor, [[Zbigniew Brzeziński\|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was also a cofounder<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> as well as Lev Dobriansky, who helped [[Fascism\|fascist]] collaborator [[Stepan Bandera]] receive a US visa. Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).

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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]], authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]."		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' ('''VOC''') is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]] authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using [[Adrian Zenz]] as one of its sources.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|author=Ukes, Kooks & Spooks\|newspaper=Medium\|title=‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’\|date=2022-09-29\|url=https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021195824/https://mossrobeson.medium.com/captive-nations-the-forgotten-origins-of-the-victims-of-communism-11f455141133\|archive-date=2022-10-21\|retrieved=2022-11-07}}</ref>

	In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.		The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the [[European Union]]'s Platform of European Memory and Conscience. In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.

	The ~~organization was responsible for building~~ the ~~Victims~~ of ~~Communism Memorial~~ in ~~Washington~~, ~~D.C~~. It ~~is a member~~ of the [[~~European Union~~]]~~'s Platform of European Memory and Conscience~~.		== History ==
			The foundation is the successor of the [[National Captive Nations Committee]] founded in 1960, which considered many [[Nation\|nations]] in the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet Union]] to be occupied by "Communist [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)\|Russian]] [[imperialism]]." It list of supposedly captive nations included Idel-Ural and Cossackia, which were made up by the [[German Reich (1933–1945)\|Nazi]] propaganda ministry.<ref name=":0" />

	It was founded by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. [[Jimmy Carter]]'s National Security Advisor, [[Zbigniew Brzeziński\|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was also a ~~founder.~~<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).		The VOC was founded in 1993 by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. [[Jimmy Carter]]'s National Security Advisor, [[Zbigniew Brzeziński\|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was also a cofounder<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> as well as Lev Dobriansky, who helped [[Fascism\|fascist]] collaborator [[Stepan Bandera]] receive a US visa. Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).

			== See also ==

			* ''[[The Black Book of Communism]]''

	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	[[Category:Anti-communist propaganda]]		[[Category:Anti-communist propaganda]]
			[[Category:Capitalist progaganda]]

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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a anti-communist propaganda 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."		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a [[Anti-communism\|anti-communist]] propaganda organization in the [[United States]], authorized by a unanimous act of [[Congress of the United States\|Congress]] in 1993 for the purpose of "educating Americans about the ideology, history and legacy of [[communism]]."

	In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[~~2019 coronavirus~~ pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.		In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.

	The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience.		The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the [[European Union]]'s Platform of European Memory and Conscience.

	It was founded by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski was also a founder.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).		It was founded by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. [[Jimmy Carter]]'s National Security Advisor, [[Zbigniew Brzeziński\|Zbigniew Brzezinski]] was also a founder.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a 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."		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a anti-communist propaganda 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."

	In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[2019 coronavirus pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.		In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[2019 coronavirus pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.

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	The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a 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."		The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a 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."

			In April 2020, the foundation announced it would count all worldwide deaths from the [[2019 coronavirus pandemic]] as victims of communism<ref>https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths</ref> and lost whatever little credibility it had left.

	The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience.		The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience.
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	{{External links\|Wikipedia=Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation}}		{{External links\|Wikipedia=Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation}}

			== References ==
			<references />
			[[Category:Anti-communist propaganda]]

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The '''Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation''' is a 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."

The organization was responsible for building the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience.

It was founded by Lee Edwards, a conservative author and fellow at the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski was also a founder.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html</ref> Both are deeply anti-communist, but the former represents a hard-power (military power) opposition to communism, whereas the latter represents soft-power opposition (which include influence operations, psychological warfare, etc.).

== External links ==
{{External links|Wikipedia=Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation}}