Philip Spiegel research papers relating to the campaign for free emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union, circa 1950-2008

Physical description: 7 linear feet (including circa 150 audiotapes on cassettes and ten VHS videocassettes)

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Organization & arrangement: Box 1: notes & correspondence, A - Fuchs; box 2: Fulmacht - Lerner; box 3: Levanon - Schlossberg; box 4: Schneerson - Zand; boxes 5 - 6: Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews; box 7: Soviet Jewry; box 8: bound material; flat box 9: oversized items, memorabilia; box 10: color slides, 11 CDs, 3 DVDs; 1 VHS tape; box 11: transcribed interview cassette tapes.
Summary: Primarily research notes and interviews made in conjunction with the book project, TRIUMPH OVER TYPRANNY; THE HEROIC CAMPAIGNS THAT SAVED 2,000,000 SOVIET JEWS. Included are files relating to the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews, mid-1980s and later.

Subject: Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews.; Jews > Migrations > Government policy > Soviet Union.; Jews > Persecutions > Soviet Union > Interviews.; Jews, Soviet > History > 20th century > Interviews.; Soviet republics > Ethnic relations > Sources.; Soviet republics > History > Sources.; Soviet Union > Ethnic relations > Sources.; Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985 > Sources.; Soviet Union > History > 1985-1991 > Sources.

Earliest possible date: 1950
Latest possible date: 2008
Access: Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Source: Gift of Philip Spiegel, 2008. Accession 2008-307.

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