When they come for us, we'll be gone : the epic struggle to save Soviet Jewry

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Title:

When they come for us, we'll be gone : the epic struggle to save Soviet Jewry

Author:

Beckerman, Gal.

Personal Author:

Beckerman, Gal.

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]

Physical Description:

598 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary:

Draws on newly released government documents to trace the three-decade effort to protect Jewish Soviet citizens after World War II, providing coverage of the movement's impact on Judaism, the Cold War, and immigration.

Language:

English

Contents:

Part I: After the thaw, 1963-1970 -- Beneath the earth, 1963-1966 -- "Failure may have become our habit, " 1963-1964 -- A circumcision at the Dacha, 1966-1969 -- The overall orchestra, 1965-1969 -- "Escape, daughter of Zion dwelling in Babylon, " 1969-1970 -- Part II: Their own détente, 1970-1980 -- Outrageous things, 1970-1972 -- Birth of the refusenik, 1970-1972 -- Linkage, 1972-1975 -- Politiki and kulturniki, 1975-1977 -- The shaming, 1977-1978 -- Trial and exile, 1977-1980 -- Part III: Slouching towards glasnost, 1981-1987 -- Hopelessness, 1981-1984 -- Pawns again, 1985-1986 -- "Mr. Gorbachev, let these people go!" 1986-1987 -- Afterword: Hundreds of thousands, 1988-1991.

Subject Term:

Jews -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.

Jews -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.

Jews -- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

Refuseniks.

Geographic Term:

Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.

Soviet Union -- Ethnic relations.

ISBN:

9780618573097

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