Victims of Communism and Historical Amnesia in Eastern Europe
The celebration of WWII-era “victims of communism” reflects wider trends across Eastern Europe, where the politics of memory and commemoration is as much about today as it is about seventy years ago.
by Kristen Ghodsee
On February 1, 2013, Bulgaria celebrated the official “Day of Homage and Gratitude to the Victims of the Communist Regime” for the third time since the government created the holiday in 2011.1 The date marks a decision by a Bulgarian communist “People’s Court” on February…
