The British Campaign for Soviet Jewry 1966-1991: Human Rights and
Exit Permits is the first full length study of the movement based
on primary sources. The book tells the story of one of the three or
four most significant events of twentieth century Jewish history.
Almost 1.5 million Jews left the Soviet Union mainly for Israel and
the United States. According to Natan Sharansky, the international
human rights campaign was the most successful such movement in
history. It was one of the principal props of the Soviet dissidents
campaigning, and an important factor that led to the humbling of
the regime and the eventual disintegration of the Soviet Empire. It
was also a rare example of the reversal of an attempt at Cultural
Genocide, that the Soviet Union had intended to inflict on its
Jewish citizens. The book attempts to weave the exciting story of
the British movement in its international context in a fluent and
readable manner. It focusses on its various components – the
women and students and the National Council for Soviet Jewry; and
differentiating it from its American counterparts, and the Israeli
government, which attempted to guide its over-all strategy. While
it covers the changing attitude of the British government to human
rights from Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher, it also details the
trials and tribulations of a countless number of Jewish and other
dissidents and their supporters overseas. They bravely defied not
only Stalin and his successors but the secret police and enabled
the mass migration of Soviet Jewry to happen.
General
Imprint: |
i2i Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
Authors: |
John Cooper
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
500 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-914933-46-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-914933-46-X |
Barcode: |
9781914933462 |
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