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Imprisonment

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

American Soviet Jewry Movement Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-495
Abstract

This is an artificial collection that contains digitized photographs and slides selected from various collections in the Archives of the American Soviet Jewry Movement, and other related collections at the American Jewish Historical Society. The physical part of the collection consists of one manuscript box containing 415 photographs that were separated from their parent collections.

Dates: undated, 1969-1991

American Soviet Jewry Movement Posters and Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-566
Abstract

This is an artificial collection that contains digitized posters and ephemera selected from various collections in the Archives of the American Soviet Jewry Movement at the American Jewish Historical Society.

Dates: undated, 1970-1991

Leonard S. Cahan Papers

 Collection — Consolidated Box P26, Folder: P-883
Identifier: P-883
Abstract

The papers of Rabbi Leonard S. Cahan focus on the imprisonment of the American Soviet Jewry Movement activist for demonstrating on behalf of Soviet Jews in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington D.C. on May 1st, 1985. Materials include memorandums, correspondence, clippings and brochures.

Dates: 1985-1986

The Edmund and Berta Wachs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25093
Abstract

The Edmund and Berta Wachs Collection consists of documents of Edmund, his wife, and their daughter, and correspondence from official authorities, friends, and relatives. Prominent topics are the emigration from Europe, the imprisonment of Edmund Wachs in 1938, and his job applications. The documents include official certificates, taxation papers, a student registration book, and identification papers.

Dates: 1933-1950, 2000; Majority of material found within 1938-1939