The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Memorial statue is located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, and G Street, NW, two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol.
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 unanimous Act of Congress signed as Public Law 103-199 by President William J. Clinton on December 17, 1993. On June 12, 2007, President George W. Bush dedicated the Victims of Communism Memorial statue in Washington, D.C.
POLISH STUDIES
In partnership with the Polish National Foundation, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation established a Polish Studies program consisting of two 10-month, residential research fellowships to support publications and events aimed at understanding Polish history. The 20th and 21st century history of Poland can be seen as a microcosm of Western history: it is the story of freedom’s suppression by the forces of Nazism and Communism and liberty’s eventual rebirth. Understanding how these totalitarian systems oppressed the Polish people and how free government was reestablished in their wake better ensures our present and future endeavors to defend liberty against the ideas and forces of tyranny.
EXPERTS:
AGNES TYCNER
RESEARCH FELLOW, 2021-2022
MONIKA BRZOZOWSKA-PASIEKA, PH.D.
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, 2020-2021
CHELSEA MICHTA, PH.D.
RESEARCH FELLOW, 2020-2021
ANNA DRANIEWICZ, PH.D.
RESEARCH FELLOW, 2019-2020
JAKUB TYSZKIEWICZ, PH.D.
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, 2019-2020
MARIA JUCZEWSKA
RESEARCH FELLOW, 2018-2019
WŁODZIMIERZ BATÓG, PH.D.
PUBLICATIONS:
20 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JOHN PAUL II’S LIFE:
A COURAGEOUS LEADER WHO FOUGHT AGAINST COMMUNISM
WITOLD PILECKI
A WEEK WORTH REMEMBERING FOR ALL WHO LOVE FREEDOM
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