"Shatter the Silence, Vigil 1979" Speech · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_369
Title: "Shatter the Silence, Vigil 1979" Speech
Description: A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin titled "Shatter the Silence, Vigil 1979" given on behalf of Solomon Alber and added to the Congressional Record. Solomon Alber and his family were among thousands of "refuseniks," or Soviet Jews of the era who were denied visas to emigrate by the Soviet government. Congressman AuCoin advocated for the Alber family, describing their plight of being outcasted in their career and social communities in the Soviet Union after they were denied emigration visas. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1979
Date: Display: August 1979
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Refuseniks
Place: Soviet Union; United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text