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The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) 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." It claims that communism killed over 100 million people, using Adrian Zenz as one of its sources.[1]
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[2] and lost whatever little credibility it had left.
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The foundation is the successor of the National Captive Nations Committee founded in 1960, which considered many nations in the Soviet Union to be occupied by "Communist Russian imperialism." Its list of supposedly captive nations included Idel-Ural and Cossackia, which were made up by the Nazi propaganda ministry.[1]
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 Brzezinski was also a cofounder[3] as well as Lev Dobriansky, who helped 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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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ukes, Kooks & Spooks (2022-09-29). "‘Captive Nations’: The Forgotten Origins of the ‘Victims of Communism’" Medium. Archived from the original on 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ↑ https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/23/arts/for-the-victims-of-communism.html