Hoffman, Lillian, 1913-1996
Person
Biography
Found in 2 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
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