Organized by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on November 8-9, the conference “Reflections on a Ravaged Century” at the Library of Congress featured an array of distinguished speakers and moderators. Below are some takeaways that struck me as relevant to the Ukrainian diaspora. However, with eight panels and about 35 prominent speakers, it’s difficult…...

During the panel on Soviet totalitarianism, (from left) are: Natan Sharansky, Israeli statesman and former Soviet political prisoner; Joshua Rubinstein, scholar of Soviet literature and politics; Martin Paoluš, former Czech ambassador to the U.S.; Dr. F. Flagg Taylor IV, Skidmore College (moderator); and Dr. Paula Dobriansky, Harvard Kennedy School.