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Victims of Communism Memorial

Okay kiddo, let's talk about the Victims of Communism Memorial! So a long time ago, there were some countries that were run by people who wanted everything to be the same for everyone. This was called communism. But sometimes, the people who were in charge of these places did bad things to try and keep their power. They hurt and killed people who disagreed with them or didn't follow the rules they set.

The Victims of Communism Memorial is a statue that was built to remember all the people who were hurt or killed because of communism. It's a big statue of people trying to escape from a big wall, because sometimes people couldn't leave the countries where the bad stuff was happening.

The statue is to help people remember the people who suffered and died because of communism, and to remind us that we should never let these bad things happen again. It's important to remember history so that we can learn from it and make the world a better place.