Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records
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.
Soviet Jewish Dissident Protest, 1968-1978
Newspaper clippings related to the Soviet Jewish Dissident Protest.
The Night of the Murdered Poets, 1968-1978
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.
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- Archival Object 6
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- Refuseniks 6
- Political prisoners 5
- Denver (Colo.) 2
- Bills, Legislative 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1