Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, records undated, 1952, 1954-1993

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Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, records undated, 1952, 1954-1993

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The collection documents the activities of a human rights non-government organization on behalf of Soviet Jewry. Organized by Harold Light in San Francisco in 1967, the group worked to bring the Soviet Jewry issue to national and international attention. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, case files, publications, newspaper clippings, card files of Refuseniks, subject files, audio/visual materials, and information on other Soviet Jewry and interreligious organizations. Also included are materials relating to Soviet Jewish emigration, Cold War relations, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and human rights conditions in Russia and the former Soviet republics.

156.6 linear feet, 130 bankers boxes, 1 manuscript box, 12 oversized boxes, 14 MAP folders

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American Jewish Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346078

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