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Glasnost - you are looking at some of the faces trapped behind the Iron Curtain

Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Poster Collection
Title

Glasnost - you are looking at some of the faces trapped behind the Iron Curtain

Date Created/Issued

1986 (start)

1991 (end)

Creator (Corporate)

Coalition to Free Soviet Jews

Description

Poster with photos of refuseniks remaining in the Soviet Union despite the era of Glasnost (openness) begun under Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev.

Genre

Posters

Type of Resource

text

still image

Language

English

Extent

12 in. x 16.5 in.

Condition Note

Poster was originally folded.

Subject Topics

Jews, Soviet

Jews--Persecutions

Refuseniks

Antisemitism

Emigration and immigration

Glasnost

Ethnic relations

Geographic Coverage

Soviet Union

New York (State)--New York Metropolitan Area

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Local Identifier

yu_218-4-6

Originating Collection

Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Records

Originating Collection ID

1993.099