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Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry

 Organization

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

POC/Zalmanson, Sylva, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0037
Abstract Materials related to Sylva Zalmanson. Sylva Zalmanson graduated Riga Polytechnic University in 1968 and worked as an engineer. Repeatedly requesting and being denied exit visas to leave the Soviet Union for Israel, Zalmanson and her husband Eduard Kuznetsov became members of a group of activists who came up with a plan to escape. The plan was called "Operation Wedding" or the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair. The group of 16 would buy all the tickets to a local flight from a small airport...
Dates: 1968-1978

Poets - Yeutushenko, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0022
Abstract

Various materials, newspaper clippings and articles regarding the poet Yevgeny Yeutushenko. Yeutushenko was born in Siberia and became famous for his poem "Babi Yar," written in 1961. He was careful with his criticism of the Soviet Union and never ran afoul of the Soviet authorities. In his later years he taught at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa.

Dates: 1968-1978

Project Interference, 1967-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0003.0025
Abstract

Various materials related to Project Interference.

Dates: 1967-1978

Project Yached, 1967-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0003.0026
Abstract

Various materials related to Project Yached. Yached means together, unity.

Dates: 1967-1978

Promotions, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0016
Abstract

Promotions related to Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

Publications - American, 1964-1975

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0011
Abstract

Materials and various sources related to Soviet Jewry from American Publications.

Dates: 1964-1975

Publications - Miscellaneous, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0014
Abstract

Various sources and materials related to Soviet Jewry, from miscellaneous publications.

Dates: 1968-1978

Pugwash Conferences, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0005
Abstract

Copies of newspaper articles related to the Pugwash Conferences.

Dates: 1968-1978

Raiza Palatnick, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0029
Abstract

Fact sheet and materials related to Raiza Palatnick, who was a 35 year old Jewish librariian in Odessa, Ukraine who was imprisoned for distributing materials "slanderous" to the Soviet Union. Her confinement in isolation for five months began The 35's or Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry in 1971 in London, England. Raiza Palatnick was released from prison after two years and allowed to immigrate to Israel.

Dates: 1968-1978

Ransom and Trade, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0011
Abstract

Materials related to ransom or diploma tax related to Refuseniks trying to get a visa to leave the Soviet Union.

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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