Jews, Soviet
Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:
Partners of Conscience - Lists, 1974
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.
POC/ Azbel, David, 1968-1978
Fact sheet and materials related to David Azbel who was a Jewish dissident and political prisoner in the Soviet Union.
POC/ Beilina, Dina, 1968-1978
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.
POC/ Davidovich, Ephim, 1968-1978
Fact sheet and materials related to Ephim Davidovich, a Jewish prisoner of conscience.
POC/ Panov, Valery, 1968-1978
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.
POC/Pénson, Boris, 1968-1978
POC/Poltinnikov, Isaac, 1968-1978
POC/Tiemkin, Marina, 1968-1978
Materials related to prisoner of conscience Mariana Tiemkin.
POC/Zalmanson, Sylva, 1968-1978
Poets - Yeutushenko, 1968-1978
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.