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Soviet Union

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 7 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

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

Committee - Soviet Jewry - General Public, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Various materials related to the general public's committee on Soviet Jewry.

Dates: 1968-1978

''Exodus'', 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0002
Abstract

Various materials and clippings from "Exodus," published by Soviet Jewry Action Group, located in San Francisco.

Dates: 1968-1978

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

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

 File
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