More than one billion people still live under communist rule in China, Cuba, Vitenam, Laos and North Korea

75 Years Ago, an Evil Alliance Was Formed. Why Do We Struggle to Remember It?

by Zach Noble

Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of an historical event that seems hard to believe, in retrospect: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union teaming up.

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, also known as a “honeymoon for two dictators,” staked out an official alliance between two of the twentieth century’s mightiest totalitarian states, and now, three-quarters of a century later, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is dedicated to making sure the world doesn’t forget about the many millions who were killed under communist rule.

The group held a Black Ribbon Day ceremony Saturday at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Aug. 23 is the anniversary of “[Josef] Stalin and [Adolph] Hitler conspiring to start World War II,” Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Executive Director Marion Smith told TheBlaze.

He added that it’s easy to forget that for the first two years of the war, 1939-1941, there was “direct cooperation” between Hitler’s SS and Stalin’s secret police.

“The level of cooperation [between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia] was official, real and deadly,” Smith claimed, saying that the Russians went so far as to round up German Jews who had fled into the USSR and returned them to Hitler’s genocidal control.

“The evil there is just so massive, it’s hard to wrap your head around,” he added.

Smith’s foundation works to keep the memory of the horrors of communism alive, which is a tougher task than some might think.

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