Skip to main content

Refuseniks

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

1972 Diploma Tax, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0008
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials related to the 1972 diploma tax, a reference to the one-time payment imposed in the Soviet Union on would-be emigrants who received a higher education in the USSR. It was introduced in August 1972. Also called a Ransom tax.

Dates: 1968-1978

Action Central , 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0014
Abstract

Miscellaneous materials related to Action Central, part of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.

Dates: 1968-1978

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

Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0002
Abstract

Various background materials on Newcomers from the Soviet Union in Action Committees. 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

Action Committee of Newcomers from the Soviet Union, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0001.0003
Abstract

Various background materials on newcomers from the Soviet Union. in Action Committees. The 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. The Committees also helped immigrant Soviet families.

Dates: 1968-1978

Action Newsletter - Minnesota, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0022
Abstract

Materials related to and copies of the Soviet Jewry Action Newsletter.

Dates: 1968-1978

Adopt a Prisoner, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0005.0005
Abstract

Information on particular groups or classes of prisoners and dissenters. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. The Union 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. The Colorado Committee was a member of the Union of Councils.

Dates: 1968-1978

American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0027
Abstract

Materials related to the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry. In 1964 national Jewish organizations met at the Wilshire Hotel in Washington DC. They agree to launch an ad hoc American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry (AJCSJ), a coordinating body to advocate on behalf of Soviet Jews.

Dates: 1968-1978

American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0002.0028
Abstract

Materials related to the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry. In 1964 national Jewish organizations met at the Wilshire Hotel in Washington DC. They agree to launch an ad hoc American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry (AJCSJ), a coordinating body to advocate on behalf of Soviet Jews.

Dates: 1968-1978

American Publications, 1968-1978

 File
Identifier: B093.01.0004.0008
Abstract

Materials related to Soviet Jewry, published in American publications.

Dates: 1968-1978