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Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry

 Organization

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

Partners of Conscience - Groups of People, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0001
Abstract

Information on particular groups or classes of prisoners and dissenters. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The Union created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program. The Colorado Committee was a member of the Union of Councils.

Dates: 1968-1978

Partners of Conscience - Lists, 1973

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0002
Abstract

Information on particular groups or classes of prisoners and dissenters. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The Union created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program. The Colorado Committee was a member of the Union of Councils.

Dates: 1973

Partners of Conscience - Lists, 1974

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Most of the records consist of letters, educational materials, bulletins and published newspaper accounts of activities by world-wide, national and local groups on behalf of Soviet Jews. Rhoda Friedman collected most of this material. The Records also have scrapbooks about Lillian Hoffman.

Dates: 1974

POC/ Alexandrovich, Ruth, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0025
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to Ruth Alexandrovich. 24-year-old Ruth Alexandrovich was a heroine of the Jewish Resistance in Riga, Latvia. On October 7, 1970, a week before her wedding, the KGB imprisoned her for years before she and her fiance were allowed to immigrate to Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/ Azbel, David, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0026
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to David Azbel who was a Jewish dissident and political prisoner in the Soviet Union.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/ Beilina, Dina, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0027
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to Dina Beilina, a Jewish Soviet disident imprissoned by the Soviet Union. In 1978, after seven years, Dina Beilina, considered the USSR’s leading woman Jewish refusnik, received an exit visa to Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/ Davidovich, Ephim, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0028
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to Ephim Davidovich, a Jewish prisoner of conscience.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/ Panov, Valery, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0042
Abstract

Various materials related to Valery Panov. Valery Panova and his wife Galina performed at the Kirov ballet in Leningrad until they applied for exit visas to Israel in 1972. They were expelled from the Kirov, imprisoned briefly, and allowed to leave Russia for Israel in 1974.

Dates: 1968-1978

POC/Poltinnikov, Isaac, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0033
Abstract Materials related to Dr. Isaac Poltinnikov. Dr. Poltinnikov was an eye surgeon at Novosibirsk Medical University when he sought permission to immigrate to Israel. He was dismissed from the university and imprisoned on and off. After seven years of harrassment, his wife and daughter Victoria became paranoid and refused to believe that they had finally received permission to emigrate. After Isaac Pollinnikov joined his daughter Eleanor in Israel, his wife starved and his daughter Victoria...
Dates: 1968-1978

POC/Tiemkin, Marina, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0035
Abstract

Materials related to prisoner of conscience Mariana Tiemkin.

Dates: 1968-1978

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 162
Collection 2
 
Subject
Jews, Soviet 152
Refuseniks 110
Denver (Colo.) 109
Protest and social movements 68
Nonprofit organizations 35
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 32
Soviet Union 29
Political prisoners 26
Jews 23
Newsletters 15
Publications 14
Committees 11
Correspondence 11
Israel 6
Minnesota 6
San Francisco (Calif.) 6
Colorado 5
Jews, British 5
Notes (Documents) 5
Photographs 5
Scrapbooks 5
Assimilation (Sociology) 4
Great Britain 4
Jewish women 4
United States 4
Anti-Semitism 3
Bills, Legislative 3
Conferences 3
Emigration and immigration 3
Jewish newspapers 3
New York (N.Y.) 3
Publishers and publishing 3
Speeches (Documents) 3
Antisemitism 2
Babi Yar Park (Denver, Colo.) 2
Catholic women 2
Jerusalem 2
London (England) 2
Publicity 2
Russians 2
Student protesters 2
Washington (D.C.) 2
Art, Russian 1
Articles on news media 1
Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941 1
Ballet 1
Biography 1
Books 1
Broadsides 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
Cities and towns 1
Cleveland (Ohio) 1
Colorado -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
Communism 1
Detroit (Mich.) 1
Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) 1
Diplomatic and consular service, Russian 1
Exhibitions 1
Fraternal organizations 1
Grocers 1
Hebrew language 1
Hijacking of aircraft 1
Human rights 1
Immigrants 1
International Trade 1
Jewish chronicle (London, England : 1845) 1
Jewish men 1
Jewish students 1
Jewish women -- Colorado 1
Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 1
Jews -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States 1
Journals (Periodicals) 1
Liquor Stores 1
Memorandums 1
Metal buttons 1
Motion pictures, Russian 1
New Mexico 1
Novosibirsk (Russia) 1
Odesa (Ukraine) 1
Oral histories 1
Periodicals 1
Poets, Russian 1
Political buttons 1
Reform Judaism 1
Religious discrimination 1
Research institutes 1
Rīga (Latvia) 1
Russia 1
Scientists 1
Social advocacy -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Student protesters -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Treaties 1
Wyoming 1
Zionism 1
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