Statement for special order regarding Refuseniks in early 1980s

Title

Statement for special order regarding Refuseniks in early 1980s

Description

A statement for special order regarding the refusenik situation in the Soviet Union, delivered on the US House floor by US Congressman Les AuCoin on July 20, 1982. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin advocated for the thousands of "refuseniks," or Soviet Jews of the late twentieth century who were denied visas to emigrate by the Soviet government. He specifically mentions the story of Ida Nudel, a refusenik who had been trying to leave the Soviet Union for 11 years and had "been subjected to government harassment, social ostracism, KGB arrest, and finally, imprisonment in Siberia under the harshest conditions."

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).

Identifier

PUA_MS147_515

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date

1982

Date Created

July 20, 1982

Spatial Coverage

Soviet Union

United States

Subject

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Refuseniks

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text