The National Captive Nations Committee (NCNC) is an anti-Communism

Anti-communism

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 advocacy group

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 based in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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. It was established in 1959 according to by President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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, which introduced the Captive Nations Week

Captive Nations Week

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, with the purpose to maintain the Captive Nations

Captive Nations

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 List. The founder and long-time chairman of NCNC was Lev Dobriansky

Lev Dobriansky

Lev E. Dobriansky, Ph.D. was a professor of economics at Georgetown University, U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas and anti-communist advocate...

, who wrote the original Captive Nations Resolution, which was signed into Public Law 86-90.

The activities of the NCNC include sponsoring the Captive Nations Award and the annual Captive Nations Week.

In 1993, Section 905 of the Public Law 103-199 authorized the NCNC to establish an organization (Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

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) to construct, maintain, and operate the Victims of Communism Memorial

Victims of Communism Memorial

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 in Washington, D.C.

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Records of the activities of the NCNC from 1970-1982 (correspondence, clippings, photographs, books, etc.) are donated by Dobriansky to Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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