Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996
Biography
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, 1968-1978
(31) file folders include: Action Committee of Newcomers from Soviet Union; Anti-defamation League; Bay area council; Jews in the USSR; Multiple committee papers. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union and set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program.
Box 4, 1960 - 1995
This box contains twenty-one (21) folders with information collected by Lillian Hoffman.
Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records
''Fast for Freedom'', 1970
''Fast for Freedom'' Correspondence, 1970
U.S. Congress - Mills-Vanik Bill, 1972-1975
Contains materials on the Jackson-Vanik 1974 Trade Act Amendment that in part made trade between the United States and the Soviet Union conditioned upon Soviets relaxing restrictions on Jewish emigration. The bill in the House of Representatives was the Mills-Vanik and in the Senate was the Jackson bill. Members of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry pushed for the Amendment to prevent the Soviet Union from charging exorbitant fees to Soviet Jews trying to emigrate.
Western Regional Conference - San Francisco, 1970 May 16-17
Lillian Hoffman's notes of lectures at the conference.