Victims of Soviet terror : the story of the Memorial movement / Nanci Adler ; foreword by Jonathan Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Nanci.

Contributor:

Sanders, Jonathan (Jonathan Edward)

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vsesoi︠u︡znoe istoriko-prosvetitelʹskoe obshchestvo "Memorial".

Vsesoi͡uznoe istoriko-prosvetitelʹskoe obshchestvo "Memorial".

Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

History.

Political persecution--Soviet Union--History.

Political persecution.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 155 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Connecticut ; London : Praeger, [1993]

Contents:

Part I. Memorial: History as Moral Imperative. The formation of the Soviet system; Stalinism: inheritance and legacy; The rediscoverey of Soviet history

Part II. The Emergence and Evolution of Memorial. 1987-1988: gaining support; 1988-1989: toward the founding conference; 1989-1990: Memorial branches out

Part III. Memorial Actualizes Itself, History as Dissidence. Memorial in action; The politics of Memorial

Epilogue: "Today we are historians of dissidence, and not dissidents".

Notes:

"Memorial held its Founding Conference on January 28-29, 1989. At this session, Memorial adopted a charter that committed it to establishing historical truths and promoting moral principles."--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has address label of Herbert M. Adler, M.D., F.A.C.P., 1700 Benjamin Franklin Parkway affixed to front pastedown.

Potok Collection copy inscribed "Lake Tahoe, August 15, 1993. For Dad, for always being there. With love, Nan".

ISBN:

0275945022

OCLC:

27187121