Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry
Organization
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interviews on Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry, 1994 November 21
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0006.00155
Abstract
Discusses the inception, development and evolution of the Colorado Committee for Concern for Soviet Jewry. The group formed to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews.
Dates:
1994 November 21
Poets - Yeutushenko, 1968-1978
File
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
Pugwash Conferences, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0005
Abstract
Copies of newspaper articles related to the Pugwash Conferences.
Dates:
1968-1978
Russian Magazines, 1968-1978
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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0013
Abstract
Various Russian magazines, including "Soviet Life." In October 1956, the Soviet and US Governments agreed to allow each other to publish a magazine in their own nation, but limited circulation to 30,000 copies per issue. The Soviet Government published Soviet Life in English, while the US Government published Amerika in Russian. Soviet Life was generally not a political magazine, in the sense that it rarely delved into the political issues of the day, nor did it talk about political theory,...
Dates:
1968-1978
The Night of the Murdered Poets, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0003.0021
Abstract
Materials related to "The Night of the Murdered Poets." The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 12 August 1952. The arrests were first made in September 1948 and June 1949. All defendants were accused of espionage and treason as well as many other crimes. The Colorado Committee was the first in the U.S.to commemorate the execution when a three day fast was held on the steps of the state capitol...
Dates:
1968-1978
U.S.S.R. - General, 1968-1978
File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0030
Abstract
General information on the Soviet Union.
Dates:
1968-1978
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- Jews, Soviet 13
- Refuseniks 8
- Jews 6
- Colorado 3
- Committees 3
- Political prisoners 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- Nonprofit organizations 2
- Protest and social movements 2
- Publications 2
- Anti-Semitism 1
- Antisemitism 1
- Art, Russian 1
- Assimilation (Sociology) 1
- Babi Yar Massacre, Ukraine, 1941 1
- Catholic women 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 1
- Jews -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- United States 1
- Motion pictures, Russian 1
- Newsletters 1
- Oral histories 1
- Periodicals 1
- Poets, Russian 1
- Russians 1
- Social advocacy -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Student protesters -- Colorado -- Denver 1 + ∧ less
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