Memorial to the Victims of Communism (Washington, DC)
The Victims of Communism Memorial ( Engl. : Victims of Communism Memorial ) is a political monument in Washington, DC , USA , near the Capitol that the 100 million victims of socialist and communist should remind the regime. It contains a three-meter-high bronze replica of the goddess of democracy , which was erected by students during the protests on Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989 .
The inauguration of the monument took place on June 12, 2007 by the then US President George W. Bush .
Carrier Foundation
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is a non-profit educational organization. It was created by an Act of Congress to erect a memorial in Washington, DC for the 100 million victims of communism named by the organization. The foundation aims to educate this and future generations about the history, philosophy and legacy of communist tyranny.
- The victims were struck down in an unprecedented imperial communist holocaust through conquests, revolutions, civil wars, purges, wars by proxy, and other violent means. Totalitarian terror countenanced no challenge, from individuals, institutions, political parties, or faiths. Instead, it set out the "big lie" that a classless utopian society with human dignity for all was its goal, then cynically produced exactly the opposite in nation after nation which succumbed to its armed might, shameless intrigues, and hypocrisy.
Global Museum of Communism
A project of the sponsoring foundation of the monument is the Global Museum on Communism (ger .: Global Museum on Communism ), an online museum about the crimes of socialist and communist regimes, the victims of communism and the ideological foundations of communist rule.
Quotes
- “We will never know the names of everyone who perished. In this sacred place, however, the unknown victims of communism will be blessed before history and will be remembered forever. We donate this memorial because we have an obligation to those who died to honor their lives and to honor their memory. ”(“ We'll never know the names of all who perished, but at this sacred place, communism's unknown victims will be consecrated to history and remembered forever. We dedicate this memorial because we have an obligation to those who died, to acknowledge their lives and honor their memory. ") - US President George W. Bush
Web links
- Victimsofcommunism.org - Official website of the Foundation for the Monument
Individual evidence
- ↑ About victimsofcommunism.org ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Global Museum On Communism , globalmuseumoncommunism.org, accessed July 20, 2010.
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 '54.6 " N , 77 ° 0' 43.4" W.