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Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996

 Person

Biography

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

''Fast for Freedom'' Correspondence, 1970

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0014
Abstract Correspondence related to "Fast for Freedom" which occurred in Denver, Colorado. The first protest of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry was in 1970 when 33 members of the Colorado group carried out a three-day fast on the steps of the state capitol to commemorate the Night of the Murdered Poets. The Colorado Committee was the first to commemorate this event and continued the protest annually. The Night of the Murdered Poets was the execution of thirteen Soviet Jews in the...
Dates: 1970
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 2

Lillian and Henry Hoffman, 1971

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0031
Abstract

8 mm audio reel from Radio Moscow.

Dates: 1971
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 5

Lillian Hoffman - Personal Correspondence, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0025
Abstract

Various materials related to Mrs. Lillian Hoffman's personal correspondence, speeches, drafts and notes, subdivision of the Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry. 1968-1978

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 1

Michelle Zelinger Interviews and Photographs, September 29, 2019

 Series
Identifier: B110.03
Dates: September 29, 2019
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B110, Babi Yar Park Records

Miscellaneous Notes - Lillian Hoffman, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0006
Abstract

Miscellaneous notes and various materials related to Lillian Hoffman.

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 2

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 6

Organizations and Groups, 1943--1986

 File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0005
Abstract

File contains newspaper clippings from 1943-1986 about Jewish Denver groups and organizations, including synagogues, non-profits, schools, and community groups.

Dates: 1943--1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B113, Beck Archives Clippings File Collection / Newspaper Clippings and Articles / Box 1

Records, 1968-1978

 Series
Identifier: B093.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records

Senator Henry Jackson, 1972-1975

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0015
Abstract Miscellaneous material dealing with Senator Henry Jackson's activities on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Henry M. Jackson was a senator from Washington for 30 years. One of his accomplishments was the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the 1974 Trade Act that made trade between the United States and the Soviet Union conditioned upon Soviets relaxing restrictions on Jewish emigration. Members of the Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry pushed for the Amendment to prevent the Soviet Union from...
Dates: 1972-1975
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 5

Speeches - Draft and Notes - Subdivision of Committee of Concern, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0027
Abstract

Various materials related to Lillian Hoffman's personal correspondence, speeches, drafts and notes, subdivision of the Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B093, Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry Records / Records / Box 1

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