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Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996

 Person

Biography

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Action Committee in Soviet Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains news Bulletin on Soviet Jewry": newspaper articles regarding the Action Committee in Soviet Jewry. Union of Councils for Soviet Jews created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program.

Dates: 1968-1978

Anti-Defamation League, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Various materials related to the Anti-Defamation League.

Dates: 1968-1978

Babi Yar Park Dedication, circa 1970s

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0048.00069
Abstract

Sheila Hoffman stands by the sign at Babi Yar Park during the park's dedication in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1970s

Babi Yar Park Records

 Collection
Identifier: B110
Abstract

Babi Yar Park in Denver, Colorado was dedicated on October 2, 1983 to memorialize the September 1941 massacre of the Jews that remained in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, at a ravine called Babi Yar. The Babi Yar Park Foundation was formed under the leadership of Helen Ginsburg. Collection contains minutes, administrative papers, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, news clippings, photos, public relations materials and architectural drawings from the Babi Yar Park between 1969-2015.

Dates: 1969-2015

Box 1, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.01.0001: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739263]
Identifier: B093.01.0001
Abstract

(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.

Dates: 1968-1978

Box 1, 1960-2014

 File — Box B331.0001: Series B331.01 [Barcode: U186020742193]
Identifier: B331.01.0001
Abstract (3) books and (3) DVDs. Books are part of a series. Books II, III, and VI of ''Freedom from Tyranny: Lillian Hoffman's Struggles & Triumphs to Save Soviet Jewry'' also corresponding DVDs - ''A Fascinating Archive of Conversations and Exhibits of Lillian Butler Hoffman's Life'' and second copy of that DVD that is a "Special Edit for Hebrew Union College, 5 min. 10 min. and 28 min. versions"; Also a third and fourth version for Regis University and Brandeis University (2014); (1) DVD...
Dates: 1960-2014

Box 4, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.01.0004: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739297]
Identifier: B093.01.0004
Abstract

(44) file folders include: ''Exodus'' publication; ''Hadassah''; American publications; Miscellaneous publications; Soviet jewry; Individual POC files; Soviet prisoners of conscience; Assorted people; Assorted biographies; Newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1968-1978

Collection on Lillian Hoffman

 Collection
Identifier: B331
Abstract

Collection contains books and videos, related to Lillian Hoffman from 1960 through 2014. Lillian Hoffman was a founding and active member of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry. She began public Jewish protests in Denver and was the first to speak to a Soviet Jewish prisoner.

Dates: 2009-2012

Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records

 Collection
Identifier: B093
Abstract Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate from the Soviet Union were known as "Refuseniks." American Jewish students formed the Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) in 1964 and the American Jewish Committee on Soviet Jewry (AJCSI) was also organized that year. Rabbi Samuel Adelman, rabbi of the BMH synagogue, spoke at Temple Emanuel and urged the liberal congregation to help Soviet Jews. Rabbi Raymond Zwerin, Sheldon Steinhauser, and Lillian Hoffman formed what became the Colorado Committee of Concern...
Dates: 1929-1996; Majority of material found within 1968-1978

Committee for the Release of Soviet Jewry Prisoners, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0022
Abstract

Various materials related to the Committee for the Release of Soviet Jewry Prisoners.

Dates: 1968-1978