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Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry

 Organization

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Pugwash Conferences, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0005
Abstract

Copies of newspaper articles related to the Pugwash Conferences.

Dates: 1968-1978

Ransom and Trade, 1968-1978

 File
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

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

Sister Ann Gillen of Chicago - Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry, 1971-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0013
Abstract

Materials related to Sister Ann Gillen of Chicago, executive director of the National Interrelgious Task Force on Soviet Jewry from 1972 to 1987. Sister Ann Gillen was a nun who brought the plight of Jews trapped in the Soviet Union to the attention of the Christian world. and made their cause her own

Dates: 1971-1978

Soviet Jewish Dissident Protest, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0004.0023
Abstract

Newspaper clippings related to the Soviet Jewish Dissident Protest.

Dates: 1968-1978

The Night of the Murdered Poets, 1968-1978

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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

''The Soviet Union vs. the Jewish People'' by Dr. Allen Pollack, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0002.0004
Abstract

Materials related to "The Soviet Union vs. the Jewish People" by Dr. Allen Pollack, including a copy of the assembly paper.

Dates: 1968-1978

U.S. Congress - Mills-Vanik Bill, 1972-1975

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0016
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1972-1975

U.S.S.R. - General, 1968-1978

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Identifier: B093.01.0005.0030
Abstract

General information on the Soviet Union.

Dates: 1968-1978

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Archival Object 27
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Jews, Soviet 25
Refuseniks 17
Denver (Colo.) 16
Jews 8
Political prisoners 8