Statement on the Death of Vaclav Havel
December 19, 2011
Vaclav Havel, RIP
Vaclav Havel was a great champion of liberty whose rhetorical blows shattered the Iron Curtain and brought about the collapse of communism in Eastern and Central Europe.
As a founder of Charter 77, as the leader of Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution in 1989, and as the first president of that once hard-line communist satellite, Havel demonstrated over and over again the power of words to bring down seemingly invincible foes.
He was a special inspiration to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, one of the first foreign leaders to join our International Advisory Council. We were privileged to award him the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom in 2003.
His example and his words will continue to inspire us and all who are committed to the freedom and independence of all captive nations and peoples.
Lee Edwards
Chairman
Global Museum on Communism
The Global Museum on Communism is the first museum on the Internet that tells the whole story of Communism from Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto to today's brutal suppression of Tibet by Communist China.
Latest news about the Museum:
- Global Museum on Communism (Spring 2010 Trust Magazine perspective)
"In less than two years, the museum moved from an 'inspired idea' to a world-class Internet platform that will help educate this and future generations about the history, philosophy and legacy of communism. The museum has the potential to reach and teach people every hour of every day, regardless of where they are in the world."
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