New Museum Honors Victims of Communism

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8/26/2022Updated: 8/26/2022

“Communism is premised on the state,” Elizabeth Spalding says. “And the state is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. ... Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. ... All life is cheap in comparison to the [Communist] Party.”

In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Spalding, the founding director of the new Victims of Communism Museum in Washington. It’s the first museum in America honoring the tens of millions of people killed by communism in the past century, as well as the many millions more who suffered and continue to suffer under communist dictatorships.

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”