General information

Call No.:

300-85-9:13/25

Part of series

HU OSA 300-85-9 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Samizdat Archives: Published Samizdat

Located at

Archival boxes #13 / No. 25

Original Title

АС 515. Открытое письмо Совета родственников узников ЕХБ

Date

1967

Level

Item

Primary Type

Textual

Language

Russian, German

Notes

Published in: Sobranie Dokumentov Samizdata, Vol. 7. English title given by RL; three copies of publication in Posev. Published versions: (Rus.) Posev 42-43 (20 Oct. and 27 Oct. 1967), (Germ.) "Brief aus der Sowjetunion," Missionbund Licht in Osten, Sonderdruck 3, Jan. 1970, p. 22 (excerpts).

Content

Contents Summary

The letter is addressed to the UN Secretary General U Thant, to the UN Human Rights Commission, to the International Lawyers Organization, and to the Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers A. N. Kosygin concerning illegal persecutions of ECB believers in the USSR (with five attachments, first published in AS 796). The folder contains a photocopy of published documents in Posev journal № 42-43 1967 and related materials in German.

Письмо адресовано Генеральному секретарю У Тану, Комиссии по правам человека ООН, Международной организации юристов и Председателю СМ СССР А.Н. Косыгину о преследованиях верующих ЕХБ в СССР (письмо имело 5 приложений, первое опубликовано в АС №796). Дело содержит копию опубликованных документов в журнале Посев № 42-43 1967 г., а также дополнительные материалы на немецком языке.

Context

Associated Names

Council of Prisoners’ Relatives of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (ECB) (None)

Subject / Coverage

Collection Specific Tags

Soviet Union, Baptists, Samizdat