Hidden heroes / Pamela Braun Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Pamela Braun, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Soviet Union--History.

Jews.

Refuseniks.

History.

Soviet Union.

Refuseniks--Soviet Union--History.

Human rights workers--Soviet Union--Biography.

Human rights workers.

Jews--Soviet Union--Biography.

Political prisoners--Soviet Union--Biography.

Political prisoners.

Dissenters--Soviet Union--Biography.

Dissenters.

Civil rights--Soviet Union.

Civil rights.

Jews--Soviet Union--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Jews--Persecutions--Soviet Union.

Jews--Persecutions.

Jews--Social conditions.

Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History.

Cohen, Pamela Braun, 1943-.

Cohen, Pamela Braun.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem, Israel ; Ashland, Ohio : Gefen, [2021]

Summary:

"Spanning nearly three decades, Hidden Heroes gives an insider's view of the modern-day exocus of Soviet Jews from the Soviet Union, a period of Jewish histyr that has rarely been told and is in danger of being forgotten. This deeply personal narrative explores the grassroots Soviet Jewish emigration movement through the eyes of one of its indefatigable leaders, focusing on the actions of heroic refuseniks in the Soviet Union as well as courageous indivisuals in the West - described by Natan Sharansky as the "students and housewives" who waged the battle to free Soviet Jews. From Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania to the distant republics of Central Asia, refuseniks come to life, discovering their identity, protesting on the streets, defending themselves in courtrooms, defying jailers in their prison cells, and struggling to survive in Siberian labor camps. This engrossing memoir tells the story of the resistance and moral courage of men and women inside the Soviet Union and of those in the West who relentlessly crusaded on their behalf." -- Jacket flap.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE AWAKENINGS

THE SOVIET JEWISH EMIGRATION MOVEMENT

ch. 1 The Birth of a Movement, 1970s

ch. 2 Into the Storm, 1978

ch. 3 Nuts and Bolts

ch. 4 Cracking the Communications Barrier

ch. 5 Comets in the Night

ch. 6 Spiritual and Moral Resistance

ch. 7 Conflicts and Controversies

pt. TWO JEWS OF SILENCE NO MORE

ch. 8 International Tensions, 1979

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ch. 9 Consultation and Crackdown, 1980

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ch. 10 "Do Not Let Them Die in Soviet Russia," 1982

83

ch. 11 The Dark Years, 1984

86

ch. 12 The Finnish Connection and Other Adventures, 1985

pt. THREE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

ch. 13 Freedom at Long Last, 1985

ch. 14 The Reagan Reset and the Reykjavik Summit, 1986

ch. 15 The Union Goes to Vienna, 1986

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ch. 16 Dupes and Pawns, 1986

ch. 17 A Diplomatic Victory and Freedom Sunday, 1987

ch. 18 An Unexpected Sequence of Events, 1988

ch. 19 Jerusalem, Vienna, and Moscow, 1989

pt. FOUR RIDING THE STORMS

ch. 20 Problems at Home, 1989

ch. 21 Shadows on the City of Light, June 1989

ch. 22 "Because We Can": Russia, 1989

ch. 23 Winds of Change, 1990

ch. 24 "Don't Leave Us Behind": Moscow and Central Asia, Spring 1991

ch. 25 From Geneva to Moscow to Vilnius, 1991

pt. FIVE ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS

ch. 26 Canaries of History: Moscow, Kiev, and Leningrad, Spring 1992

ch. 27 Yad l'Yad and Dinner at the White House, 1992

ch. 28 Back to Central Asia, December 1992

ch. 29 Transitions, 1993.

Notes:

On cover: One woman's story of resistance and rescue in the Soviet Union.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789657023365

965702336X

OCLC:

1241244689

Publisher Number:

99989711363