Finding Aid for the Si Frumkin papers, 1969-2010
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Si Frumkin papers
Date (inclusive): 1969-2010
Collection number: 1888
Creator:
Frumkin, Si, 1930-2009.
Extent:
56 boxes (28 linear ft.)
Abstract: Si Frumkin was born in Kaunas/Kovno, Lithuania on November 5, 1930. He survived the Dachau concentration camp and emigrated
to the U.S. in 1949. In 1968 he founded the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews (SCCSJ.) He frequently spoke on Holocaust
issues at the Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance and founded the Association of Holocaust Survivors from the former Soviet
Union. The collection consists mostly of newsletters, press releases and photographs highlighting the activities of the SCCSJ
and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews for more than 40 years.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ella Frumkin, 2011.
Processing Note
Processed by William M. Katin in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Megan Hahn Fraser,
Summer 2011. The processing of this collection was supported by the generous donation of Zev Yaroslavsky.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Si Frumkin papers (Collection 1888). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
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Biography/History
Si Frumkin (born Simas Frumkinas on November 5, 1930), businessman and political activist, was born in Kaunas/Kovno, Lithuania,
the son of Mykolas and Zila (nee Waisapel) Frumkinas, who owned a Willys Overland automobile and NSU motorcycle dealership.
Frumkin was ten years old when the Kaunas Ghetto was established on July 10, 1941. He and his parents lived there until the
Nazis closed the camp on 8 July 1944, and Frumkin and his father were deported to Dachau. His mother was separated from the
family and sent to Poland. Frumkin and his father became slave laborers constructing the subterranean factories to manufacture
the Messerschmitt 262 for the Phillip Holzmann's plant called "Diana II." On April 7, 1945, twenty days before the liberation
of Dachau, Frumkin's father died.
The Jewish Brigade (a unit of Jewish men in the British Army) transported Frumkin to an Italian Displaced Persons camp in
Modena, Italy. He received a scholarship in order to attend schools in Italy, Switzerland, and England after the war. He was
later reunited with his mother who had survived the war and relocated to Venezuela.
He immigrated to the United States in 1949 to study at New York University, earning a Bachelor's Degree in 1953. He moved
to Los Angeles, where his mother and stepfather (a survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto) had since moved. They built Universal
Drapery Fabrics at 560 San Julian Street in Los Angeles into a successful business.
Frumkin earned a Master's Degree in history from California State University, Northridge in 1964 and founded the Southern
California Council for Soviet Jews (SCCSJ) in 1968. With Zev Yaroslavsky (later Los Angeles City Councilman and a member of
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors), Frumkin demonstrated against Soviet cultural events held in Los Angeles, including
the Moiseyev Ballet, Lynus Pauling receiving the Lenin Peace Prize, the Osipov Balalaika performance, and Leonid Brezhnev's
visit with President Nixon in San Clemente, in order to expose the plight of Jews not allowed to emigrate from the USSR. In
1973 he was accompanied by Yaroslavsky on a visit to Moscow, where they met with Soviet dissidents.
Frumkin began weekly speaking engagements for the Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, and he provided expert court testimony
for Soviet Jews facing possible deportation. In 1991 he went to China on behalf of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, participated
in a 1996 American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors meeting in Washington, D.C., and in 2007 he interviewed nearly
one hundred Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. He was one of the leading figures in the Russian
speaking community in California and the United States.
Frumkin died May 15, 2009. Further information about his life and work can be found at
www.sifrumkin.com
.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two large series and four small series.
Series 1. Political Commentary
About 40 per cent of this collection is found in the first series consisting of essays written to encourage the American Government
to pressure the Soviets to allow more Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel or the U.S. The emphasis is on political commentary
on current events with a Jewish theme. These writings, originally entitled "Si's Scribbles," were on occasion published in
newspapers, and beginning in December 1992 they were published in a newsletter format entitled
Graffiti for Intellectuals. The
Graffiti newsletter also included reprinted articles from the
Los Angeles Times,
Jerusalem Post, and other media. Themes include the Jackson-Vanik amendment, Soviet limitation of Jewish emigration, the status of Jewish
refusniks in the USSR, and the slowness of the Claims Conference in disbursing restitutions for deprivations caused by the
Third Reich.
An important feature of this series is Frumkin's translation of Soviet dissident literature from the 1970s and 1980s, often
published in
Graffiti. Authors include: Mihajlo Mihajlov, Lev Navrozov, Lev Alburt, Valery Soyfer, Michail Makarenko, Genrikh Shakhnovich, Vladimir
Matlin, and Vadim Belotserkovsky. It is unknown whether Frumkin's translations are the only edition of the essays that are
extant for those unable to read Cyrillic. Other Russian literary activity referred to in
Graffiti includes the translation of Leon Uris's Exodus from English to Russian by inmates in the Dubrovlag Camp in Soviet Mordovia
during 1963.
One example of Frumkin's abiding concern for the Russian émigré population of greater L.A. is demonstrated by his deep friendship
with Alexander Polovets. Polovets was the editor of the Russian-American newspaper Panorama, the largest independent Russian-language
weekly newspaper outside of Russia, a publication which originated in July 1980. Thus there are numerous articles shared by
both
Graffiti and
Panorama.
A second important theme of this first series is Frumkin's involvement in Holocaust memorial activities. This theme is seen
in the essays Frumkin wrote, and in newspaper articles covering events such as his service as the master of ceremonies for
the dedication of the Babi Yar memorial in Plummer Park, his weekly talks on his Dachau experiences presented at the Museum
of Tolerance, and his interviewing Russian speaking survivors for Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. In addition, a conference
folder indicates that Frumkin participated in Phil Blazer's "Addressing the Cycle of Pain" Conference of Holocaust survivors
in Berlin during November 1991.
Series 2. Press Releases
This series contains press releases about the efforts of the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews (SCCSJ), such as
candlelight walks, encouraging Soviet Jews by mailing them Passover and Rosh Hashanah cards, and their protests of Russian
cultural exchanges in order to draw attention to the Soviet restrictions on emigration.
Frumkin developed a "prisoner of the month" campaign, thus the press releases may now serve as an index to Soviet refuseniks
during the 1970s and 1980s, including such notables as Anatoly Sharansky, Ida Nudel, Vladimir Slepak and Alexander Voronel.
In addition, Frumkin compiled reports of his trips to the USSR in which he met with Soviet Jews, excerpts of which are contained
in this series.
Frumkin enlisted the aid of politicians in enabling Soviet Jews to emigrate. The working relationships that he developed with
California politicians can be seen in letters from those who acknowledged receipt of his material, including Senators Barbara
Boxer and Pete Wilson, Congressmen Henry Waxman and Howard Berman, Los Angeles Mayors Sam Yorty and Tom Bradley, and Los Angeles
City Councilman Joel Wachs. Zev Yaroslavsky's work is also represented in the collection, which contains items such as his
press releases as the leader of the UCLA student movement promoting Jewish emigration from the USSR.
Series 3. Research Files
About 45 per cent of the collection consists of research materials, mostly clippings from U.S. daily newspapers and American
Jewish publications on topics such as anti-Semitism, emigration and the conviction of Jonathan Pollard, the American Jewish
analyst convicted of giving U.S. military secrets to the Israelis. Frumkin's translation into English of Soviet refusenik
literature is not solely confined to series one, but also appears in this series as the entire run of the publication
THEM and also
Witness, publications of short duration in which Frumkin collaborated with Alexander Polovets as the editor-in-chief. Also included
are lists of names and addresses of Soviet Jews seeking to emigrate as well as material from the Union of Councils for Soviet
Jews.
Series 4. Photographs
Photographs from events such as the annual candlelight walks and the picketing of Soviet cultural events outside the Shrine
Auditorium are present in this series. Many of the politicians lending support to Soviet Jewish emigration mentioned in Series
2 are also depicted, including Secretary of Interior James Watt, Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, Congressmen Alphonso Bell
and Bob Dornan, and L.A. City Councilmen Joel Wachs, Tom Bradley, and Zev Yaroslavsky.
Series 5. Soviet Holocaust Interview Translations
In 2008, Frumkin translated 21 of the Holocaust narratives from the 2004 Russian book,
Victims of the Holocaust Tell Their Stories. Some of the personal memories included are those from Vilya Ira, Ida Anapolskaya, and Alexander Anapolski. In 2010, Frumkin's
widow Ella Frumkin edited the recollections along with additional translations for the publication of the book
The Holocaust DID Happen.
Series 6. Pocket Calendars
The final series contains pocket calendars, an address book and a film made for the occasion of Frumkin's 70th birthday, in
which many people he assisted or worked with express their gratitude to him.
Organization and Arrangement
The original order of Frumkin's filing system in Series 1 through 3 has been maintained.
- Series 1. Political Commentary 1984-2009
- Series 2. Press Releases 1969-1998
- Series 3. Research Files 1989-1996
- Series 4. Photographs 1969-1989
- Series 5. Soviet Holocaust Interview Translations 2008-2010
- Series 6. Pocket Calendars 1971-1988
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Indexing Terms
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Subjects
Frumkin, Si, 1930-2009. --Archives.
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews --Archives.
Holocaust survivors --Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
photographs.
Political Commentary
1984-2009
Scope and Content Note
Newsletters and essays published by Frumkin.
Box 1, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
November 1983-November 1984
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Jackson-Vanik bill withholding trade privileges to the USSR;
the spread of information in the USSR via the portable tape recorder; Andropov’s limitation of
Jewish, German, and Armenian emigration from the Soviet Union; and Frumkin’s translation of
Tomas Schuman’s (aka Yuri Bezmenov) narrative regarding the Soviet recruitment of FBI agent
Richard Miller.
Box 1, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -December 1984
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Jackson-Vanik bill withholding trade privileges to the USSR;
the spread of information in the USSR via the portable tape recorder; Andropov’s limitation of
Jewish, German, and Armenian emigration from the Soviet Union; and Frumkin's translation of
Tomas Schuman’s (aka Yuri Bezmenov) narrative regarding the Soviet recruitment of FBI agent
Richard Miller.
Box 1, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -July 1988
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: ’Panorama,’ a Russian newspaper published in the U.S.;
References to Kurt Waldheim’s WWII record and regret that Mayor Tom Bradley was absent at the
dedication of the Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance.
Box 1, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
December 1987 - July 1988
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: ’Panorama,’ a Russian newspaper published in the U.S.;
References to Kurt Waldheim’s WWII record and regret that Mayor Tom Bradley was absent at the
dedication of the Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance.
Box 1, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: whether the U.S. should assist Gorbachev to stay in power and a
translation of an article by Leonid Shargorodsky.
Box 1, Folder 6
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
December 1988-May 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: whether the U.S. should assist Gorbachev to stay in power and a
translation of an article by Leonid Shargorodsky.
Box 2, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Viktor Bezverkhii, a Leningrad neo-Nazi and the withholding of
honor from Marc Chagall's birthplace in Belorussia.
Box 2, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -December 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Viktor Bezverkhii, a Leningrad neo-Nazi and the withholding of
honor from Marc Chagall's birthplace in Belorussia.
Box 2, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: a translation of Professor Herman Andreev’s letter from the Soviet
weekly ’Ogoniok;’ Israeli Independence Day; and Chanukah for Russian émigrés in Plummer Park.
Box 2, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -May 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: a translation of Professor Herman Andreev’s letter from the Soviet
weekly ’Ogoniok;’ Israeli Independence Day; and Chanukah for Russian émigrés in Plummer Park.
Box 2, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the jailing of former submarine Captain Valery Zelichonok for
refusing to provide false testimony against his brother, who emigrated to Israel; a translation of
Gregori Ositor’s children story, ’The Moustache;’ and Lieutenant-General David A. Dragunsky, the
highest ranking Jew in the Soviet Army.
Box 3, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
October -December 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the jailing of former submarine Captain Valery Zelichonok for
refusing to provide false testimony against his brother, who emigrated to Israel; a translation of
Gregori Ositor’s children story, ’The Moustache;’ and Lieutenant-General David A. Dragunsky, the
highest ranking Jew in the Soviet Army.
Box 3, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -October 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the jailing of former submarine Captain Valery Zelichonok for
refusing to provide false testimony against his brother, who emigrated to Israel; a translation of
Gregori Ositor’s children story, ’The Moustache;’ and Lieutenant-General David A. Dragunsky, the
highest ranking Jew in the Soviet Army.
Box 3, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Israel’s attempt to halt Russian emigration to the U.S.; the Sabra
and Shatilla refugee camps outside Beirut; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s 1969 trip to the USSR.
Box 3, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
March - May 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Israel’s attempt to halt Russian emigration to the U.S.; the Sabra
and Shatilla refugee camps outside Beirut; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s 1969 trip to the USSR.
Box 3, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -March 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Israel’s attempt to halt Russian emigration to the U.S.; the Sabra
and Shatilla refugee camps outside Beirut; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s 1969 trip to the USSR.
Box 4, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Maria Grigorievna’s service as a nurse with the 37th Partisan
Brigade during WWII; King Boris’ refusal to send his country’s 45,000 Jews to Nazi death camps;
Dmitry Berman seeking asylum in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. There is also a photo
montage of Frumkin, when he was about four or five years old.
Box 4, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
August -June 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Maria Grigorievna’s service as a nurse with the 37th Partisan
Brigade during WWII; King Boris’ refusal to send his country’s 45,000 Jews to Nazi death camps;
Dmitry Berman seeking asylum in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. There is also a photo
montage of Frumkin, when he was about four or five years old.
Box 4, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
August -June 1991
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Maria Grigorievna’s service as a nurse with the 37th Partisan
Brigade during WWII; King Boris’ refusal to send his country’s 45,000 Jews to Nazi death camps;
Dmitry Berman seeking asylum in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. There is also a photo
montage of Frumkin, when he was about four or five years old.
Box 4, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -June 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s speaking engagements at 100 schools per year as a
Holocaust survivor; Jonathan Pollard supplying Israel with U.S. confidential information between
July 1984-November 1985; and L.A. Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky organizing a lunch for Frumkin
with visiting St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly A. Sobchak.
Box 4, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
March - June 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s speaking engagements at 100 schools per year as a
Holocaust survivor; Jonathan Pollard supplying Israel with U.S. confidential information between
July 1984-November 1985; and L.A. Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky organizing a lunch for Frumkin
with visiting St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly A. Sobchak
Box 5, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
December 1991-April 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s speaking engagements at 100 schools per year as a
Holocaust survivor; Jonathan Pollard supplying Israel with U.S. confidential information between
July 1984-November 1985; and L.A. Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky organizing a lunch for Frumkin
with visiting St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly A. Sobchak.
Box 5, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
July -December 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Eli Wiesel visiting Dimitry Berman in the Canadian Embassy in
Moscow as Berman sought asylum; Frumkin’s translation of Mark Slobodin and Yosif Lakhman’s
Russian article in ’Panorama’ regarding Jews who worked for Stalin’s secret police; and the
December issue of ’Life’ magazine in which Latvian President Gorbunovs claimed the Jews of
Rumbula brought the November 24, 1942 massacre upon themselves.
Box 5, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
October -December 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Eli Wiesel visiting Dimitry Berman in the Canadian Embassy in
Moscow as Berman sought asylum; Frumkin’s translation of Mark Slobodin and Yosif Lakhman’s
Russian article in ’Panorama’ regarding Jews who worked for Stalin’s secret police; and the
December issue of ’Life’ magazine in which Latvian President Gorbunovs claimed the Jews of
Rumbula brought the November 24, 1942 massacre upon themselves.
Box 5, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
July -October 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Eli Wiesel visiting Dimitry Berman in the Canadian Embassy in
Moscow as Berman sought asylum; Frumkin’s translation of Mark Slobodin and Yosif Lakhman’s
Russian article in ’Panorama’ regarding Jews who worked for Stalin’s secret police; and the
December issue of ’Life’ magazine in which Latvian President Gorbunovs claimed the Jews of
Rumbula brought the November 24, 1942 massacre upon themselves.
Box 5, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Amsterdam News and radio station WNLB in New York as media
that serve Black audiences and are anti-Semitic; Frumkin spending three weeks on an Israeli army
base near Tel Aviv as a volunteer.
Box 6, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
March - May 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Amsterdam News and radio station WNLB in New York as media
that serve Black audiences and are anti-Semitic; Frumkin spending three weeks on an Israeli army
base near Tel Aviv as a volunteer.
Box 6, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
November 1992 -February 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Amsterdam News and radio station WNLB in New York as media
that serve Black audiences and are anti-Semitic; Frumkin spending three weeks on an Israeli army
base near Tel Aviv as a volunteer. In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from January
- May 1993, in which theses articles were published, are also available. "Graffiti"also reprinted
articles from The New Republic, L.A. Times, and other newspapers, including a 22 December 1992
article of 200 Russian scientists who are not allowed to emigrate due to knowledge of military or
industrial secrets.
Box 6, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: INS denial of asylum for Soviet Jews currently residing in the U.S.;
Professor Naum Reznik’s Russian lending library in the U.S.; Ukrainian city of Lvov celebrating the
50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SS Division ’Galicina’; Eugene Levin, Vice President of the
Association of Soviet Jewish émigrés.
Box 6, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
September -December 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: INS denial of asylum for Soviet Jews currently residing in the U.S.;
Professor Naum Reznik’s Russian lending library in the U.S.; Ukrainian city of Lvov celebrating the
50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SS Division ’Galicina;’ Eugene Levin, Vice President of the
Association of Soviet Jewish émigrés. In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from
June-December 1993 in which these articles were published are also available as well as reprints
from newspapers, including Jean-Claude Pressac’s book, ’The Auschwitz Crematoria’ which
utilized previously unknown SS documents stored in KGB archives in Moscow.
Box 7, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -September 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: INS denial of asylum for Soviet Jews currently residing in the U.S.;
Professor Naum Reznik’s Russian lending library in the U.S.; Ukrainian city of Lvov celebrating the
50th anniversary of the Ukrainian SS Division ’Galicina;’ Eugene Levin, Vice President of the
Association of Soviet Jewish émigrés. In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from
June-December 1993 in which these articles were published are also available as well as reprints
from newspapers, including Jean-Claude Pressac’s book, ’The Auschwitz Crematoria’ which
utilized previously unknown SS documents stored in KGB archives in Moscow.
Box 7, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1994
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Vatican's refusal to locate its embassy in Jerusalem; Mayor
Ehud Olmert visiting California; Frumkin’s translation of Tatyana Menaker’s ’Growing Old in the
Twilight Zone.’
Box 7, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
August -December 1994
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Vatican's refusal to locate its embassy in Jerusalem; Mayor
Ehud Olmert visiting California; Frumkin’s translation of Tatyana Menaker’s ’Growing Old in the
Twilight Zone.’ In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from June-December 1994, in
which theses articles were published, are also available. ’Graffiti’ also reprinted articles translated
by Frumkin from the Russian publication, including ’Panorama,’ in which the founding of the Union
of Councils for Soviet Jews by Lou Rosenblum is narrated.
Box 7, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -August 1994
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Vatican's refusal to locate its embassy in Jerusalem; Mayor
Ehud Olmert visiting California; Frumkin’s translation of Tatyana Menaker’s ’Growing Old in the
Twilight Zone.’ In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from June-December 1994, in
which theses articles were published, are also available. ’Graffiti’ also reprinted articles translated
by Frumkin from the Russian publication, including ’Panorama,’ in which the founding of the Union
of Councils for Soviet Jews by Lou Rosenblum is narrated.
Box 8, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -September 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Major Semyon Livshits in Uzbek prison; Frumkin’s aunt receiving a
visa from Japanese Diplomat Senpo Sugihara to escape the Kaunas Ghetto during the Holocaust
contrasted with the fate of Jonathan Pollard; 400 Soviet Holocaust survivors in southern California;
Eugene Levin’s article regarding solving the Federal budget deficit by excluding welfare benefits for
naturalized citizens; and the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies research results that within
3 1/2 years of immigration to Israel, Soviets earn 1/3 more than the average Israeli family but only
1/20 believe that religion defines a Jew.
Box 8, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
September -December 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Major Semyon Livshits in Uzbek prison; Frumkin’s aunt receiving a
visa from Japanese Diplomat Senpo Sugihara to escape the Kaunas Ghetto during the Holocaust
contrasted with the fate of Jonathan Pollard; 400 Soviet Holocaust survivors in southern California;
Eugene Levin’s article regarding solving the Federal budget deficit by excluding welfare benefits for
naturalized citizens; and the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies research results that within
3 1/2 years of immigration to Israel, Soviets earn 1/3 more than the average Israeli family but only
1/20 believe that religion defines a Jew.
Box 8, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
September -December 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Major Semyon Livshits in Uzbek prison; Frumkin’s aunt receiving a
visa from Japanese Diplomat Senpo Sugihara to escape the Kaunas Ghetto during the Holocaust
contrasted with the fate of Jonathan Pollard; 400 Soviet Holocaust survivors in southern California;
Eugene Levin’s article regarding solving the Federal budget deficit by excluding welfare benefits for
naturalized citizens; and the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies research results that within
3 1/2 years of immigration to Israel, Soviets earn 1/3 more than the average Israeli family but only
1/20 believe that religion defines a Jew. In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from 12
June - 18 December 1995, in which theses articles were published, are also available.
Box 8, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -September 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Major Semyon Livshits in Uzbek prison; Frumkin’s aunt receiving a
visa from Japanese Diplomat Senpo Sugihara to escape the Kaunas Ghetto during the Holocaust
contrasted with the fate of Jonathan Pollard; 400 Soviet Holocaust survivors in southern California;
Eugene Levin’s article regarding solving the Federal budget deficit by excluding welfare benefits for
naturalized citizens; and the Wilstein Institute of Jewish Policy Studies research results that within
3 1/2 years of immigration to Israel, Soviets earn 1/3 more than the average Israeli family but only
1/20 believe that religion defines a Jew. In addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from 12
June - 18 December 1995, in which theses articles were published, are also available.
Box 8, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -June 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Prisoners of Zion in Gulags; Frumkin’s remarks to the American
Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors meeting in Washington, D.C. on 16 February 1996;
memory of the ACLU’s support of the neo-Nazi march through Skokie, Illinois in February 1996;
escape of terrorists who killed Leon Klinghoffer aboard the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" in 1985.
Box 8, Folder 6
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
March - May 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Prisoners of Zion in Gulags; Frumkin’s remarks to the American
Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors meeting in Washington, D.C. on 16 February 1996;
memory of the ACLU’s support of the neo-Nazi march through Skokie, Illinois in February 1996;
escape of terrorists who killed Leon Klinghoffer aboard the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" in 1985. In
addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from 2 January - 20 May 1996 in, which theses
articles were published, are also available.
Box 9, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -March 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Prisoners of Zion in Gulags; Frumkin’s remarks to the American
Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors meeting in Washington, D.C. on 16 February 1996;
memory of the ACLU’s support of the neo-Nazi march through Skokie, Illinois in February 1996;
escape of terrorists who killed Leon Klinghoffer aboard the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" in 1985. In
addition, the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter from 2 January - 20 May 1996 in, which theses
articles were published, are also available.
Box 9, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -September 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Dobrynin’s memoirs "In Confidence;" Senator Barbara
Boxer’s correspondence with Frumkin regarding Jonathan Pollard; 1/3rd of Holocaust survivors
received no reparations from Germany according to U.S. News & World Report; Recently
declassified Nazi documents reveal the U.S. knew about the Holocaust in July 1941.
Box 9, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
September -December 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Dobrynin’s memoirs "In Confidence;" Senator Barbara
Boxer’s correspondence with Frumkin regarding Jonathan Pollard; 1/3rd of Holocaust survivors
received no reparations from Germany according to U.S. News & World Report; Recently
declassified Nazi documents reveal the U.S. knew about the Holocaust in July 1941.
Box 9, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -August 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Dobrynin’s memoirs "In Confidence;" Senator Barbara
Boxer’s correspondence with Frumkin regarding Jonathan Pollard; 1/3rd of Holocaust survivors
received no reparations from Germany according to U.S. News & World Report; Recently
declassified Nazi documents reveal the U.S. knew about the Holocaust in July 1941. In addition,
the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter reprinted William Safire’s observations regarding the
struggle in the Yeltsin government between generals and industrialists.
Box 9, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
September -December 1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Dobrynin’s memoirs "In Confidence;" Senator Barbara
Boxer’s correspondence with Frumkin regarding Jonathan Pollard; 1/3rd of Holocaust survivors
received no reparations from Germany according to U.S. News & World Report; Recently
declassified Nazi documents reveal the U.S. knew about the Holocaust in July 1941. In addition,
the ’Graffiti for Intellectuals’ newsletter reprinted William Safire’s observations regarding the
struggle in the Yeltsin government between generals and industrialists.
Box 10, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Sharansky’s return to Russia as Israel’s Minister of Trade
being linked by Frumkin to his desire to have Pepsi pressure the Soviet Government to allow Jews
to emigrate; Demonstration against head of Claims Conference preventing Soviet Holocaust
survivors from receiving reparations from Germany; Operation Reinhard’s looting of gold, jewelry,
and art; Sosthenes Behn received millions of dollars for damages to ITT during WWII.
Box 10, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
March - May 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Sharansky’s return to Russia as Israel’s Minister of Trade
being linked by Frumkin to his desire to have Pepsi pressure the Soviet Government to allow Jews
to emigrate; Demonstration against head of Claims Conference preventing Soviet Holocaust
survivors from receiving reparations from Germany; Operation Reinhard’s looting of gold, jewelry,
and art; Sosthenes Behn received millions of dollars for damages to ITT during WWII. ’Graffiti
reprints include a Los Angeles Times article revealing that 50,000 former SS receive $400 million
per year as injured WWII victims.
Box 10, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -March 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Anatoly Sharansky’s return to Russia as Israel’s Minister of Trade
being linked by Frumkin to his desire to have Pepsi pressure the Soviet Government to allow Jews
to emigrate; Demonstration against head of Claims Conference preventing Soviet Holocaust
survivors from receiving reparations from Germany; Operation Reinhard’s looting of gold, jewelry,
and art; Sosthenes Behn received millions of dollars for damages to ITT during WWII. ’Graffiti
reprints include a Los Angeles Times article revealing that 50,000 former SS receive $400 million
per year as injured WWII victims
Box 10, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
May -September 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Righteous Gentiles; Nazi gold in Switzerland; King Boris of
Bulgaria halting anti-Jewish measures during the Holocaust, whereas 15,000 Jews of Macedonia
and Thrace were not given Bulgarian citizenship and thus deported; Israel’s Zissman Amendment
would give Russian émigrés a pension.
Box 10, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
September -December 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Righteous Gentiles; Nazi gold in Switzerland; King Boris of
Bulgaria halting anti-Jewish measures during the Holocaust, whereas 15,000 Jews of Macedonia
and Thrace were not given Bulgarian citizenship and thus deported; Israel’s Zissman Amendment
would give Russian émigrés a pension.
Box 10, Folder 6
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
August - December 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Righteous Gentiles; Nazi gold in Switzerland; King Boris of
Bulgaria halting anti-Jewish measures during the Holocaust, whereas 15,000 Jews of Macedonia
and Thrace were not given Bulgarian citizenship and thus deported; Israel’s Zissman Amendment
would give Russian émigrés a pension. ’Graffiti’ reprints include a New York Times article of Natan
Sharansky discussing Israel-Yasir Arafat negotiations.
Box 11, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -August 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Righteous Gentiles; Nazi gold in Switzerland; King Boris of
Bulgaria halting anti-Jewish measures during the Holocaust, whereas 15,000 Jews of Macedonia
and Thrace were not given Bulgarian citizenship and thus deported; Israel’s Zissman Amendment
would give Russian émigrés a pension.
Box 11, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -June 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: public employees visit the Museum of Tolerance to learn more
about meeting the needs of Russian immigrants; Retired General Albert Makashov calling for the
restoration of the Pale of the Settlement where Jews would be permitted to live; and the release of
Ahmed Katamesh and ten others from Israeli prison.
Box 11, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -June 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: public employees visit the Museum of Tolerance to learn more
about meeting the needs of Russian immigrants; Retired General Albert Makashov calling for the
restoration of the Pale of the Settlement where Jews would be permitted to live; and the release of
Ahmed Katamesh and ten others from Israeli prison. ’Graffiti’ reprints included John Roth’s apology
for equating Israeli treatment of Palestinians with the 1938 Kristallnacht.
Box 11, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
July -December 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Swiss reparations of $33 million from banks not placed under the
jurisdiction of the Claims Conference; Natan Sharansky criticizing Clinton’s Jewish advisors; Swiss
banks settle court case for $1.25 billion; Stephan Flatow prevented from collecting $247 million
from Iran for the death of his daughter studying in Israel.
Box 11, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
July -December 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Swiss reparations of $33 million from banks not placed under the
jurisdiction of the Claims Conference; Natan Sharansky criticizing Clinton’s Jewish advisors; Swiss
banks settle court case for $1.25 billion; Stephan Flatow prevented from collecting $247 million
from Iran for the death of his daughter studying in Israel. ’Graffiti’ reprints included William Safire’s
New York Times article in which he observed that 1/4th of Russians live in poverty, despite the
economic boom.
Box 12, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 1999
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Bernard Wasserstein's evaluation that the estimate of 1.2-1.8
million Jews in Russia is too high (January 1999); Jonathan Pollard and the loss of American
justice; Christopher Browning’s view that Nazi Reserve Police Battalion murderers were ’ordinary’
Germans, despite their shootings of unarmed women and children during the Holocaust; Former
Israeli Ambassador Shenhar visiting L.A.; Approximately half of the Russian émigrés to Israel have
the right to vote and 80% own their own apartments.
Box 12, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -May 1999
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Bernard Wasserstein's evaluation that the estimate of 1.2-1.8
million Jews in Russia is too high (January 1999); Jonathan Pollard and the loss of American
justice; Christopher Browning’s view that Nazi Reserve Police Battalion murderers were ’ordinary’
Germans, despite their shootings of unarmed women and children during the Holocaust; former
Israeli Ambassador Shenhar visiting L.A.; Approximately half of the Russian émigrés to Israel have
the right to vote and 80% own their own apartments. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Andrew Zapantis’
book noting that Hitler only needed four German divisions to handle Yugoslav partisans.
Box 12, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -December 1999
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Vladimir Bulkovsky photographing KGB Archives from 24
September 1937; Frumkin was forced to work for Mohl/Holzmann A.G.’s jet aircraft plant in
Landsberg during the Holocaust; Frumkin’s father, Mykolas Frumkinas (Lithuanian)/Nikolay
Grigorievich Frumkin (Russian) ownership of an automobile dealership in Kaunas, Lithuania before
WWII; and confiscation of Passover matzah mailed to USSR.
Box 12, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -December 1999
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Vladimir Bulkovsky photographing KGB Archives from 24
September 1937; Frumkin was forced to work for Mohl/Holzmann A.G.’s jet aircraft plant in
Landsberg during the Holocaust; Frumkin’s father, Mykolas Frumkinas (Lithuanian)/Nikolay
Grigorievich Frumkin (Russian) ownership an automobile dealership in Kaunas, Lithuania before
WWII; and confiscation of Passover matzah mailed to USSR. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Hirsh
Goodman's acclaim for Natan Sharansky as Israel’s Interior Minister.
Box 13, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -July 2000
Scope and Content Note
Articles re:: the removal of Polish Jews from German-occupied area to Soviet
zone after defeating Poland in WWII in September 1939; Gorbachev’s restriction on the sale of
vodka; The future of Russian television; and Frumkin leading the fifth Passover Seder and Svetlana
Portnyanskaya singing the prayers for Soviet immigrants.
Box 13, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -June 2000
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the removal of Polish Jews from German-occupied area to Soviet
zone after defeating Poland in WWII in September 1939; Gorbachev’s restriction on the sale of
vodka; the future of Russian television; and Frumkin leading the fifth Passover Seder and Svetlana
Portnyanskaya singing the prayers for Soviet immigrants. ’Graffiti reprints include: Thomas
Friedman’s views on the privatization of the Russian economy, originally appearing in the New York
Times.
Box 13, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
July -September 2000
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Efim Kaganovich, who as a boy was recruited into the Czar’s Army
and won the St. George medal when storming the Turkish fortress in Izmailovsk in 1888; and
Viktor Kniazev’s inability to account for $52 million in German reparations given to the Russian
Foundation for Reconciliation.
Box 13, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
October -December 2000
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Efim Kaganovich, who as a boy was recruited into the Czar’s Army
and won the St. George medal when storming the Turkish fortress in Izmailovsk in 1888; and
Viktor Kniazev’s inability to account for $52 million in German reparations given to the Russian
Foundation for Reconciliation.
Box 14, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
July -December 2000
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Efim Kaganovich, who as a boy was recruited into the Czar’s Army
and won the St. George medal when storming the Turkish fortress in Izmailovsk in 1888; and
Viktor Kniazev’s inability to account for $52 million in German reparations given to the Russian
Foundation for Reconciliation. "Graffiti" reprints include: Israel returning U.S. documents which
Jonathan Pollard had stolen for them, which were later used to convict him.
Box 14, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -February 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin as a weekly speaker at the Museum of Tolerance;
Chechen Moslem insurgency; Translation of Leon Uris’ "Exodus"; and the 1984 documentary
’Terrorists in Retirement,’ recounting the betrayal of 23 Jewish resistance fighters in Paris during
1943 by the Communists; and Ariel Sharon’s visit to Moscow.
Box 14, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
March - May 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin as a weekly speaker at the Museum of Tolerance;
Chechen Moslem insurgency; Translation of Leon Uris’ "Exodus"; and the 1984 documentary
’Terrorists in Retirement,’ recounting the betrayal of 23 Jewish resistance fighters in Paris during
1943 by the Communists; and Ariel Sharon’s visit to Moscow.
Box 14, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -May 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin as a weekly speaker at the Museum of Tolerance;
Chechen Moslem insurgency; Translation of Leon Uris’ Exodus; and the 1984 documentary
’Terrorists in Retirement,’ recounting the betrayal of 23 Jewish resistance fighters in Paris during
1943 by the Communists; and Ariel Sharon’s visit to Moscow. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Shlomo
Slonim’s review of President Clinton’s plan to divide Jerusalem as part of the peace process.
Box 14, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -September 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Philipp Holzmann Corp, which benefitted from Holocaust labor,
will build a WWII memorial for the U.S.; the post-Cold War Russian economy; Ariel Sharon’s visit
to Moscow.
Box 15, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
September -December 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Philipp Holzmann Corp, which benefitted from Holocaust labor,
will build a WWII memorial for the U.S.; the post-Cold War Russian economy; Ariel Sharon’s visit
to Moscow.
Box 15, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -December 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Philipp Holzmann Corp, which benefitted from Holocaust labor,
will build a WWII memorial for the U.S.; the post-Cold War Russian economy; Ariel Sharon’s visit
to Moscow. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: the momentary acceptance of Soviet émigrés after the
bombing of a Tel Aviv disco in which most of the victims were formerly from Russia.
Box 15, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -September 2001
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the Philipp Holzmann Corp, which benefitted from Holocaust labor,
will build a WWII memorial for the U.S.; the post-Cold War Russian economy; Ariel Sharon’s visit
to Moscow. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: the momentary acceptance of Soviet émigrés after the
bombing of a Tel Aviv disco in which most of the victims were formerly from Russia.
Box 15, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 2002
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Henry Ford’s mailing of an anti-Semitic anthology to 500,000
influential citizens; Congressman Henry Waxman inviting Ambassador J.D. Bindnagel to speak on
Holocaust survivors’ insurance; Alfred Dreyfus Trial in 1884; and the Philipp Holzmann A.G.
Company employment during the Holocaust.
Box 15, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -May 2002
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Henry Ford’s mailing of an anti-Semitic anthology to 500,000
influential citizens; Congressman Henry Waxman inviting Ambassador J.D. Bindnagel to speak on
Holocaust survivors’ insurance; Alfred Dreyfus Trial in 1884; and the Philipp Holzmann A.G.
Company employment during the Holocaust. ’Graffiti" reprints include: William Safire’s replacing of
the traditional four Passover questions by secular ones.
Box 16, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -May 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Mel Gibson’s movie ’The Passion,’ the article "Was Franco a
Jew?" Frumkin speaking at Museum of Tolerance; and the U.S. disgusted by events at Abu Ghraib
prison in Baghdad.
Box 16, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -May 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Mel Gibson’s movie ’The Passion,’; the article "Was Franco a
Jew?"; Frumkin speaking at Museum of Tolerance; and the U.S. disgusted by events at Abu
Ghraib prison in Baghdad. ’Graffiti" reprints include: the Italian journalist, Oriana Fallaci’s assertion
that Europe is increasingly becoming an Islamic colony.
Box 16, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -November 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Dutch insurance companies give $4.2 million after U.S. law was
passed, prohibiting insurance companies from operating in the U.S., which did not offer Holocaust
reimbursements; the Treblinka death camp; the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis on August 1,
1944.
Box 16, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
November -December 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Dutch insurance companies give $4.2 million after U.S. law was
passed, prohibiting insurance companies from operating in the U.S., which did not offer Holocaust
reimbursements; the Treblinka death camp; the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis on August 1,
1944.
Box 16, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
July -December 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Dutch insurance companies give $4.2 million after U.S. law was
passed, prohibiting insurance companies from operating in the U.S., which did not offer Holocaust
reimbursements; the Treblinka death camp; the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis on August 1,
1944. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Alexander Veshniakov, the Chairman of the Central Executive
Committee of the Russian Federation, claiming that there were millions of African-Americans who
were deprived of their right to vote as were 5 million former prisoners.
Box 17, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
July -December 2004
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Dutch insurance companies give $4.2 million after U.S. law was
passed, prohibiting insurance companies from operating in the U.S., which did not offer Holocaust
reimbursements; the Treblinka death camp; the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis on August 1,
1944. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Alexander Veshniakov, the Chairman of the Central Executive
Committee of the Russian Federation, claiming that there were millions of African-Americans who
were deprived of their right to vote as were 5 million former prisoners.
Box 17, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -October 2005
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: America’s role as the world’s policeman, exemplified by the
liberation of Dachau; Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death in a Paris hospital; and Frumkin’s testimony as
an expert witness in deportation hearings of former Soviets living in the U.S.
Box 17, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
October -December 2005
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: America’s role as the world’s policeman, exemplified by the
liberation of Dachau; Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death in a Paris hospital; and Frumkin’s testimony as
an expert witness in deportation hearings of former Soviets living in the U.S.
Box 17, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -October 2005
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: America’s role as the world’s policeman, exemplified by the
liberation of Dachau; Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death in a Paris hospital; and Frumkin’s testimony as
an expert witness in deportation hearings of former Soviets living in the U.S. ’Graffiti" reprints
include: Jonathan Pollard’s attorney commenting in the ’Jerusalem Post.’
Box 17, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
October -December 2005
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: America’s role as the world’s policeman, exemplified by the
liberation of Dachau; Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death in a Paris hospital; and Frumkin’s testimony as
an expert witness in deportation hearings of former Soviets living in the U.S. ’Graffiti" reprints
include: Jonathan Pollard’s attorney commenting in the ’Jerusalem Post.’
Box 18, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -March 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the victory of Hamas in recent elections and Ernst Leitz III, owner
of Leica Camera, saving Jews during the Holocaust.
Box 18, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
March - May 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the victory of Hamas in recent elections and Ernst Leitz III, owner
of Leica Camera, saving Jews during the Holocaust.
Box 18, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -April 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the victory of Hamas in recent elections and Ernst Leitz III, owner
of Leica Camera, saving Jews during the Holocaust. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Palestinian Prime
Minister designate Ismail Haniyeh stating that The Washington Post had misquoted him in
claiming that he was prepared to make peace with Israel.
Box 18, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
April - May 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: the victory of Hamas in recent elections and Ernst Leitz III, owner
of Leica Camera, saved Jews during the Holocaust. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Palestinian Prime
Minister designate Ismail Haniyeh stating that The Washington Post had misquoted him in
claiming that he was prepared to make peace with Israel.
Box 18, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -August 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Yuri Federov’s financial assistance for Gulag survivors; Frumkin’s
meeting with the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar; and a summary of Edward
Luttwak’s analysis of Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Box 19, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
September -December 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Yuri Federov’s financial assistance for Gulag survivors; Frumkin’s
meeting with the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar; and a summary of Edward
Luttwak’s analysis of Iran’s nuclear energy program.
Box 19, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -September 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Yuri Federov’s financial assistance for Gulag survivors; Frumkin’s
meeting with the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar; and a summary of Edward
Luttwak’s analysis of Iran’s nuclear energy program. ’Graffiti" reprints include: Professor Richard
Pipes analysis of Russia’s noncooperation and hostility even after the end of the Cold War.
Box 19, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
September -December 2006
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Yuri Federov’s financial assistance for Gulag survivors; Frumkin’s
meeting with the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar; and a summary of Edward
Luttwak’s analysis of Iran’s nuclear energy program. ’Graffiti" reprints include: Professor Richard
Pipes analysis of Russia’s noncooperation and hostility even after the end of the Cold War.
Box 19, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -March 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s grandfather having good memories of the Germans, who
occupied Lithuania in 1915, but being one of the first killed by the Germans in the Kaunas Ghetto
in August 1941; Frumkin’s reference to A Short Travel Guide for Jewish Tourists (to Palestine,
although published in Russian in 1911); and a contrast between the treatment of fifteen British
citizens captured by Iran as opposed to the capture of Israelis eighteen years ago.
Box 19, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
March - May 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s grandfather having good memories of the Germans, who
occupied Lithuania in 1915, but being one of the first killed by the Germans in the Kaunas Ghetto
in August 1941; Frumkin’s reference to A Short Travel Guide for Jewish Tourists (to Palestine,
although published in Russian in 1911); and a contrast between the treatment of fifteen British
citizens captured by Iran as opposed to the capture of Israelis eighteen years ago.
Box 20, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -April 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s grandfather having good memories of the Germans, who
occupied Lithuania in 1915, but being one of the first killed by the Germans in the Kaunas Ghetto
in August 1941; Frumkin’s reference to A Short Travel Guide for Jewish Tourists (to Palestine,
although published in Russian in 1911); and a contrast between the treatment of fifteen British
citizens captured by Iran as opposed to the capture of Israelis eighteen years ago. ’Graffiti ’
reprints include: reprint of NY Times article on Hezbollah’s military incursion from Lebanon into
Israel.
Box 20, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
April - May 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s grandfather having good memories of the Germans, who
occupied Lithuania in 1915, but being one of the first killed by the Germans in the Kaunas Ghetto
in August 1941; Frumkin’s reference to A Short Travel Guide for Jewish Tourists (to Palestine,
although published in Russian in 1911); and a contrast between the treatment of fifteen British
citizens captured by Iran as opposed to the capture of Israelis eighteen years ago. ’Graffiti ’
reprints include: reprint of NY Times article on Hezbollah’s military incursion from Lebanon into
Israel.
Box 20, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June -August 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s experiences in Kaunas and Dachau; German book by
Mischka Kukin on humor behind the Iron Curtain; Iranian nuclear power plant; Frumkin’s interviews
of Russian survivors for Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation.
Box 20, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
August -December 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s experiences in Kaunas and Dachau; German book by
Mischka Kukin on humor behind the Iron Curtain; Iranian nuclear power plant; Frumkin’s interviews
of Russian survivors for Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation.
Box 20, Folder 5
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -October 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s experiences in Kaunas and Dachau; German book by
Mischka Kukin on humor behind the Iron Curtain; Iranian nuclear power plant; Frumkin’s interviews
of Russian survivors for Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Dennis Prager’s
remarks regarding whether Ann Coulter is anti-Semitic.
Box 21, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
October -December 2007
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Frumkin’s experiences in Kaunas and Dachau; German book by
Mischka Kukin on humor behind the Iron Curtain; Iranian nuclear power plant; Frumkin’s interviews
of Russian survivors for Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: Dennis Prager’s
remarks regarding whether Ann Coulter is anti-Semitic.
Box 21, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -June 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Oil for Food Program with Iraq; Holocaust survivors living below the
poverty line; Frumkin requested to testify regarding persecution, so that Jewish refugees might not
be deported; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s role in filming part of the ’Refusenik’ documentary.
Box 21, Folder 3
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
December 2007-April 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Oil for Food Program with Iraq; Holocaust survivors living below the
poverty line; Frumkin requested to testify regarding persecution, so that Jewish refugees might not
be deported; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s role in filming part of the ’Refusenik’ documentary. ’Graffiti’
reprints include: The Washington Post’s review of Sergei Tretyakov’s expose of the FSB
Box 21, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
April - June 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Oil for Food Program with Iraq; Holocaust survivors living below the
poverty line; Frumkin requested to testify regarding persecution, so that Jewish refugees might not
be deported; and Zev Yaroslavsky’s role in filming part of the ’Refusenik’ documentary. ’Graffiti’
reprints include: The Washington Post’s review of Sergei Tretyakov’s expose of the FSB
Box 21, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
June 2008-January 2009
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Wood-burning cars during and after the Holocaust; Viktor
Shevchenko, President of the Academy on Problems of Security, Defense, and Judicial Order.
Box 21, Folder 6
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
October2008-January 2009
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Wood-burning cars during and after the Holocaust; Viktor
Shevchenko, President of the Academy on Problems of Security, Defense, and Judicial Order.
Box 22, Folder 1
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
June -November 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Wood-burning cars during and after the Holocaust; Viktor
Shevchenko, President of the Academy on Problems of Security, Defense, and Judicial Order.
’Graffiti’ reprints include: Journalist Henryk Broder’s speech on anti-Semitism before the
Bundestag’s Domestic Affairs Committee.
Box 22, Folder 2
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
November -December 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: Wood-burning cars during and after the Holocaust; Viktor
Shevchenko, President of the Academy on Problems of Security, Defense, and Judicial Order.
’Graffiti’ reprints include: Journalist Henryk Broder’s speech on anti-Semitism before the
Bundestag’s Domestic Affairs Committee.
Box 22, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles (Editorials)
January -April 2009
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: France's assistance of the Yishuv (pre-state Israel) in smuggling
Jewish immigrants and weapons into Palestine against the British mandate; and the 7th or 8th
Passover Seder for Russian immigrants.
Box 22, Folder 4
Graffiti for Intellectuals (Newsletters)
January -April 2009
Scope and Content Note
Articles re: France's assistance of the Yishuv (pre-state Israel) in smuggling
Jewish immigrants and weapons into Palestine against the British mandate; and the 7th or 8th
Passover Seder for Russian immigrants. ’Graffiti’ reprints include: the possible sale of Russian S-
300 missiles to Iran.
Box 22, Folder 5
Addenda: Si's Scribbles
August 1986-July 1988
Scope and Content Note
Letters and articles, which indicate that Frumkin sent his articles to various
out-of-state newspapers for publishing as an Op-Ed article.
Box 22, Folder 6
Addenda: Si's Scribbles
August 1988
Scope and Content Note
Letters and articles, which indicate that Frumkin sent his articles to various
out-of-state newspapers for publishing as an Op-Ed article.
Box 22, Folder 7
Addenda: Si's Scribbles
January -May 1990
Scope and Content Note
Letters and articles, which indicate that Frumkin sent his articles to various
out-of-state newspapers for publishing as an Op-Ed article.
Box 23, Folder 1
Enlargement of Color Photo
Scope and Content Note
Enlargement of color photograph depicting about a dozen college students
wearing "Justice for Soviet Jews" t-shirts and holding picket signs asking for the release of Anatoly
Sharansky and "Free our Brothers in Russia" and similar type demands.
Box 23, Folder 2
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting Lev Frumkin's unsuccessful three year attempt to
emigrate from Riga, Latvia.
Box 23, Folder 3
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
Three metal plates depicting Alexander Feldman as the "Prisoner of the
Month" for February
Box 23, Folder 4
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting Mark Dymshitz as the "Prisoner of the Month" for
May.
Box 23, Folder 5
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting Ida Nudel as the "Prisoner of the Month" for April
Box 23, Folder 6
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting Sender Levinson as the "Prisoner of the Month" for
March
Box 23, Folder 7
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
Two metal plates depicting Edward Kuznetsov as the "Prisoner of the Month"
for January
Box 23, Folder 8
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
Two metal plates depicting Hillel Butman and Lev Roitburd as the "Prisoner of
the Month" for August
Box 23, Folder 9
Plates for Printing
September -October 1976
Scope and Content Note
Two metal plates with layout for article re: the pending settlement of a lawsuit
against Hurok Corporation regarding the advertisement in the Bolshoi Ballet program.
Box 23, Folder 10
Plates for Printing
December 1975-January 1976
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting the inauguration of the "Prisoner of the Month"
program with Boris Penson.
Box 23, Folder 11
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
Two metal plates depicting Boris Penson as the "Prisoner of the Month" for
December.
Box 23, Folder 12
Plates for Printing
Scope and Content Note
One metal plate depicting the Ukrainian Dance Company contrasting the
"Fiddler on the Roof's" world in 1910 with 1970.
Box 23, Folder 13
Flyer on Osipov Balalaika Orchestra
Scope and Content Note
Flyer
Box 23, Folder 14
Flyer on Soviet Athletes
Scope and Content Note
Flyer and original pen-and-ink art work
Box 23, Folder 15
Isaac and Irma Poltinnikov
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper article and an open letter from Frumkin about the Soviet Jewish
ophthalmologist Isaac Poltinnikov's financial difficulties due to his desire to emigrate.
Box 23, Folder 16
Printing remnants
Scope and Content Note
Art and layout remnants
Press Releases
1969-1998
Scope and Content Note
Information about the efforts of the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews.
Box 24, Folder 1
Soviet Jews
1969-1970
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding Rosh Hashanah cards to be mailed to Jews in the
USSR; the candlelight walk in which Mayor Sam Yorty participated; and Supervisor Kenneth
Hahn’s special resolution requesting Soviet Jews be allowed to emigrate. Translation of
underground Soviet publication ’Chronicka.’
Box 24, Folder 2
Soviet Jews
March 1970-January 1971
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the protest of proposed 1976 Olympics; Frumkin and
Zev Yaroslavsky’s decision to unite efforts with Soviet Jewish emigration groups in Washington,
Florida, Cleveland, and San Francisco; protest of Moiseyev Ballet; and protest as Dr. Lynus
Pauling received the 1970 Lenin Peace Prize.
Box 24, Folder 3
Soviet Jews
February -June 1971
Scope and Content Note
Press releases seeking emigration of Soviet Jews from February-June 1971,
including former Soviet ballerina Luba Bershadskaja, who spoke in Los Angeles and boycott on
travel to the USSR and a translation of the transcript from the ’Leningrad 11’ Trial, concerning
individuals who sought to emigrate from Russia by "hijacking" a plane from Leningrad.
Box 24, Folder 4
Soviet Jews
June 1971-March 1972
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the third annual candlelight walk. Newspaper articles
depicting the early political career of Zev Yaroslavsky and other California politicians.
Box 24, Folder 5
Soviet Jews
January 1971-December 1973
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding Frumkin and Zev Yaroslavsky demanding the
resignation of Jewish Federation officials for opposing a bill allowing 30,000 Soviet Jews to emigrate
to U.S.; Frumkin opposed to all U.S. companies intending to increase trade with the USSR;
Candlelight Walk; Opening of a L.A. office for Soviet Jewry.
Box 24, Folder 6
Soviet Jews
January 1971-December 1973
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding Frumkin and Zev Yaroslavsky demanding the
resignation of Jewish Federation officials for opposing a bill allowing 30,000 Soviet Jews to emigrate
to U.S.; Frumkin opposed to all U.S. companies intending to increase trade with the USSR;
Candlelight Walk; Opening of a L.A. office for Soviet Jewry.
Box 24, Folder 7
Soviet Jews
March -November 1972
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the May 3rd trial of Frumkin and Zev Yaroslavsky for
disrupting the Osipov Balalaika Orchestra’s performance at the Shrine Auditorium and
Congressman Alphonzo Bell’s leading a delegation to Washington on behalf of Soviet Jews.
Box 24, Folder 8
Soviet Jews
November 1972-March 1973
Scope and Content Note
A 5 September 1972 report by Leonrad W. Schroeter regarding Jewish
leadership in the USSR following his eleven day visit; press releases from the Southern California
Council for Soviet Jews; and a translation of Alik Feldman’s article on Soviet emigration to Israel.
Box 25, Folder 1
Soviet Jews
November 1973-June 1975
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding L.A. City Councilmen seeking emigration for five
Leningrad Jews; Southern California Council for Soviet Jews material; invitation to a reception for
Kirill Khenkin at Congressman Alphonzo Bell’s home; the disruption of telephone connection
between Moscow (Project Interference) and the U.S.; Frumkin’s and Zev Yaroslavsky’s April 1974
trip to the USSR; the emigration of Valeri and Galina Panov.
Box 25, Folder 2
Soviet Jews
November 1973-June 1975
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding L.A. City Councilmen seeking emigration for five
Leningrad Jews; Southern California Council for Soviet Jews material; invitation to a reception for
Kirill Khenkin at Congressman Alphonzo Bell’s home; the disruption of telephone connection
between Moscow (Project Interference) and the U.S.; Frumkin’s and Zev Yaroslavsky’s April 1974
trip to the USSR; the emigration of Valeri and Galina Panov.
Box 25, Folder 3
Soviet Jews
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding appeals to act on behalf of Jews desirous of
emigrating; Jewish activists such as Colonel Efrim Aronovich Davidovich, Ida Nudel, Alexander
Tiomkin, Victor Polsky, Valeri & Galina Panov, and Yuli Tartakovsky; Councilman Zev
Yaroslavsky’s participation in the demonstration against the Bolshoi Ballet performance at the
Shrine Auditorium.
Box 25, Folder 4
Soviet Jews
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding appeals to act on behalf of Jews desirous of
emigrating; Jewish activists such as Colonel Efrim Aronovich Davidovich, Ida Nudel, Alexander
Tiomkin, Victor Polsky, Valeri & Galina Panov, and Yuli Tartakovsky; Councilman Zev
Yaroslavsky’s participation in the demonstration against the Bolshoi Ballet performance at the
Shrine Auditorium.
Box 25, Folder 5
Soviet Jews
August 1973-October 1975
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding Zev Yaroslavsky winning the Fifth District City
Council running as a ’Jewish Community Executive;’ The demonstration as the Hermitage art was
displayed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and an open letter from Colonel Yefim
Davidovitch to Brezhnev seeking to emigrate to Israel.
Box 25, Folder 6
Soviet Jews
October 1973-May 1976
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the Mills-Vanik Bill (House version of Jackson
Amendment); List of Russian Jews needing money to pay for the 900 Rubles exit permit; a signed
letter from Zev Yaroslavsky asking for financial support of Soviet Jews in light of his teaching the
eighth and ninth graders in the Pasadena Temple; and the demonstration at the opening
performance of the Moiseyev Dancers held at the Shrine Auditorium.
Box 25, Folder 7
Soviet Jews
1976
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding a description of conditions in Soviet concentration
camps for political prisoners; Also the ’Prisoner of the Month’ Project with an explanation of the
four levels of punishment: general, reinforced, strict and special regimes.
Box 26, Folder 1
Soviet Jews
1976
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding conditions in Soviet concentration camps for political
prisoners; Also the ’Prisoner of the Month’ Project (Ida Nudel, Alexander Feldman, Edward
Kuznetsov, Boris Penson, Hillel Butman, Lev Roitburd, and Sender Levinson) with an explanation of
the four levels of punishment: general, reinforced, strict and special regimes.
Box 26, Folder 2
Soviet Jews (1 of 2)
December 1989-December 1990
Scope and Content Note
A list containing names, addresses and telephone numbers of groups in
Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia which need Jewish materials and what
languages they speak. An open letter explaining the revitalization of the Southern California
Council for Soviet Jews, since the last communication in 1985. Also included are "L.A. Daily
News" and "Heritage" articles regarding Leningrad to become L.A.'s sister-city with Zev
Yaroslavsky offering a compromise in the L.A. City Council. In addition, there is data on the mass
rally at the Wilshire Blvd. Federal Building.
Box 26, Folder 3
Soviet Jews (2 of 2)
December 1989-December 1990
Scope and Content Note
A six-page report on Frumkin's and Zev Yaroslavsky's May 1990 trip to
Moscow; Also data on the "Seekers," who try to provide a burial for those Soviet soldiers killed in
WWII and Frumkin's visit to the Arkhipova Choral Synagogue. "Operation Exodus" received
$200,000 in pledges to aid Soviets desirous of emigrating. Newspaper photos of Frumkin burning a
Soviet flag at the Federal building in 1970 and demonstrating at the Bolshoi Ballet's performance at
the Shrine Auditorium in 1975.
Box 26, Folder 4
Soviet Jews (1 of 2)
December 1987-December 1991
Scope and Content Note
A five page fax from Judy Patkin of the UCSJ entitled "The Crisis facing Jews
in the USSR who are Trying to Leave" in preparation for the February 1991 Action for Soviet Jewry
Board Meeting. The article "Ukrainian-Jewish Relations: An Interview with Oleksandr Burakovskyi."
Natan Sharansky's article "We are living through biblical times." Weekly issues of the "Monitor,"
the publication of the UCSJ.
Box 26, Folder 5
Soviet Jews (2 of 2)
December 1987-December 1991
Scope and Content Note
Weekly issues of the "Monitor," the publication of the UCSJ including the
report that refusenik Alexander Safian had committed suicide, but Mikhail Khodos had been
released from prison. There is also Natan Sharansky's article on Lazar Moisevich Kaganovich from
the August 1991 "The Jerusalem Report." 30 September 1991 article on the dedication of the new
Babi Yar monument in Plummer Park, West Hollywood. Also numerous articles on Pamyat
activities in the former USSR, including the start of their own radio program on 29 September 1991.
Box 27, Folder 1
Soviet Jews (1 of 2)
January 1992-March 1994
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the arrest of Mark Glizer in Moscow. Frumkin's trip
to China to help establish an exhibit on the Holocaust on behalf of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
and the list of the $1,000 worth of books that Frumkin brought to the Shanghai Center for Israel and
Judaic Studies. Weekly issues of the "Monitor," the publication of the UCSJ, including the trial of
Vladimir Epshtein. 15 page report by The Caucasus Network on the impact of Islam in Uzbekistan
and Tadzhikistan on Jewish communities. 15 page Executive Summary by the House Republican
Research Committee on "Iran's Strategy and Nuclear Capabilities."
Box 27, Folder 2
Soviet Jews (2 of 2)
January 1992-March 1994
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding the Russian-American Bureau on Human Rights
presented updates from activists in Moscow, Estonia, Kiev, Odessa, and other locations.
Correspondence between Dr. David W. Weiss of The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
Jerusalem and Alan L. Gleitsman regarding a plan to employ physicians from the former USSR in
cancer research in Israel and the existing retraining occurring at the Lautenberg Center. Mark
Glizer was released early from hard labor in a Russian prison. Frumkin's translation from Russian
into English regarding the KGB's case against Vadim Isaeivich Chufistov.
Box 27, Folder 3
Soviet Jews
1991-1998
Scope and Content Note
Assortment of newspaper articles and Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
material regarding Soviet emigration statistics.
Box 27, Folder 4
Soviet Jews 1994 (1 of 2)
March 1994-August 1995
Scope and Content Note
Diverse items include a letter from Alexander Polovets to President Clinton
opposing the cutting of Social Security benefits for recent immigrants. In addition, Frumkin was the
featured speaker of the Holocaust Remembrance Program at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Also
the "Messenger" and "Heritage" newspaper coverage of the Simon Wiesenthal Center-Soka
University's (Tokyo) exhibit on Anne Frank and the Japanese Diplomat in Kaunas, Sempo
Sugihara. Coverage of Soviet Holocaust survivors expressing concern about receiving German
reparations. Program for the screening of "Schindler's List" in the Russian language for 200
survivors at the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Box 28, Folder 1
Soviet Jews 1994 (2 of 2)
September 1995-March 1998
Scope and Content Note
A letter from University of Colorado at Boulder thanking Frumkin for allowing
the Library to photocopy four boxes of material for their Archives. Articles on Russian emigration to
Israel featuring Hillel Buttman and Ya'akov Kedmi; Passover Seder celebrated by 450 Russian
immigrants at Temple Beth El in Hollywood, featuring Frumkin and Svetlana Portnyanskaya. Data
regarding Soviet Holocaust survivors protesting the slowness of the Claims Conference.
Box 28, Folder 2
Soviet Jews 1994; Trip to Moscow
Fall 1994
Scope and Content Note
A report containing Frumkin's narration plus 80 photos and 16 postcards of his
fall 1994 trip to Moscow discussing nascent entrepreneurialism, the Russian mafia, and customs
regulations.
Box 28, Folder 3
Soviet Jews 1998 (1 of 3)
April 1998-October 2003
Scope and Content Note
A flyer announcing the screening of Martin Gilbert's documentary of "Kovno
Ghetto: A Buried History" and Disney's "Miracle at Midnight," depicting Dr. Ebba Lund's
organization of the Danish fishing fleet to save 800 Jews. Invitation to Alexander Polovets 65th
birthday. Through interactive media, Frumkin spoke with eighth graders in Grand Forks, North
Dakota. Two dozen photos of Captain Danya Fishman's fundraising tour of the U.S. seeking
donations for the Israeli Defense Forces and Russian immigrants to the U.S. supporting Israel.
Box 28, Folder 4
Soviet Jews 1998 (2 of 3)
December 2003-December 2004
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Ben Shemen Park. Copy of Natan Sharansky's article "The Lessons
of our Struggle" from the Jerusalem Report of 17 May 2004.
Box 28, Folder 5
Soviet Jews 1998 (3 of 3)
March 2005-December 2008
Scope and Content Note
Articles regarding Frumkin being honored by Richard Mahan, the Executive
Director of the California Humanitarian Foundation for Holocaust Survivors in March 2006 for his
efforts on the Board of Directors. Frumkin also received the 2006 Cohon Award in America for his
fight on behalf of Soviet Jews. Frumkin was the featured speaker at the exhibition of Michael
Kenna's photographs on 25 March 2007 at the Carlsbad City Library.
Box 28, Folder 6
Soviet Jews 1998 E-mail
September 1998-January 2000
Scope and Content Note
Mass mailing from the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews with e-mails regarding
the translation and publication of various former Soviet dissidents, including Leonid Stonov's trip to
the former Soviet Union in November 1998. Other topics include anti-Semitism in the politically
unstable former Soviet Union and the problems that existed in the transition from Communism,
including the assassination of Galina Starovoitova. Of special interest is Micah Naftalin's testimony
regarding anti-Semitism in Russia before the Helsinki Commission.
Research Files
1989-1996
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, correspondence and writings on topics relating to Soviet and
American Jews.
Box 29, Folder 1
Africa
1989-1996
Scope and Content Note
L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, and U.S. News & World Report articles on Somalia,
Rwanda, Eritrea, etc.
Box 29, Folder 2
Annoying Russian Comments
1998
Scope and Content Note
Letters and some newspaper articles written in Russian.
Box 29, Folder 3
American Association of Russian Jews
1989-1998
Scope and Content Note
A report of anti-Semitic violence in the former USSR; articles from Forward and
the Russian Daily News; Comments by Alexander Matlin and Inna Arolovich of the American
Association of Russian Jews (in Amityville, NY).
Box 29, Folder 4
Anchorage, Alaska
March-April 1994
Scope and Content Note
Educational material from a cruise to Anchorage to hear keynote speaker
Cornelius Suijk, President of the International Anne Frank Foundation; also the viewing of a film
series at the University of Alaska and the attendance at a cantata at the Anchorage Museum of
History and Art presented by Congregation Beth Sholom.
Box 29, Folder 5
American Jewish Forum
November 12, 1995
Scope and Content Note
A published advertisement regarding the "Community Conversations: Public
Policy and the Jewish Community" Conference at Young Israel of Century City in which William
Kristol, Jay Lefkowitz, Mona Charen, and Hillel Fradkin were the key speakers.
Box 29, Folder 6
Association of Soviet Jewish émigrés
1998-1999
Scope and Content Note
Faxes, letters and executive summaries from an advocacy group on behalf of
former Soviet Jews assisting with SSI, Medicare, job training, and law enforcement.
Box 29, Folder 7
Bonfire
January 1974
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding Frumkin's project to boycott Standard Oil Company
and Christopher T. Rand's article "The Arabian Fantasy; A dissenting view of the oil crisis."
Box 29, Folder 8
Babi Yar
1990-October 1991
Scope and Content Note
An agenda and handwritten manuscripts regarding the fiftieth anniversary
commemorating Babi Yar written in Russian.
Box 29, Folder 9
Baltic countries (1 of 4)
March 1990-November 2002
Scope and Content Note
Includes articles from "The American Spectator," "Forward," "Atlantic
Monthly," and "Dorot" and letters by the Lithuanian Action Center in English, Russian, and
Lithuanian regarding both the pardoning of Holocaust perpetrators in the Baltic countries as well as
the move towards independence as the USSR broke apart. Statements and the translation into
English of speeches made by Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis and Prime Minister
Gediminas Vagnorius. Other issues include Kaunas becoming a sister city of L.A. on 10 May
1991. Latvia's rejection of the anti-Semitism reported in Edward Barnes' December 1992 article in
"Life" is also included.
Box 29, Folder 10
Baltic countries (2 of 4)
March 1990-November 2002
Box 29, Folder 11
Baltic countries (3 of 4)
March 1990-November 2002
Box 30, Folder 1
Baltic countries (4 of 4)
March 1990-November 2002
Box 30, Folder 2
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
December 1990-June 1993
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and a copy of the 15th anniversary issue of "Outcry."
Box 30, Folder 3
Blazer's Berlin International Conference
November 1991
Scope and Content Note
A conference folder from the "International Jewish News" publisher Phil Blazer,
who sponsored and organized a Holocaust conference in Berlin including presentations by
Franklin Littell, Kurt Patzold, Jacob Neusner, and Beate Klarsfeld.
Box 30, Folder 4
Candlelight Walk-1970
December 1970
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clippings re: Mayor Sam Yorty, Councilman Tom Bradley, and
television commentator George Putnam leading the Second Annual Candlelight Walk protesting
discrimination against Soviet Jews. Radio personality Dick Whittington served as Master of
Ceremonies.
Box 30, Folder 5
Candlelight Walk-1971
December 1971
Scope and Content Note
Press releases and newspaper articles re: Representative Alphonzo Bell, who
led the Third Annual Candlelight Walk protesting discrimination against Soviet Jews. Radio
personality Dick Whittington served as Master of Ceremonies.
Box 30, Folder 6
Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO)
1996
Scope and Content Note
Memos from Linda Chavez's Washington, D.C. organization that opposed
color-conscious quotas.
Box 30, Folder 7
Chabad Russian Community Center & Synagogue
August 1993-August 1996
Scope and Content Note
Letters re: a dispute with Rabbi Naftali Estulin concerning whether he could
present Frumkin as a member of the Chabad Board of Directors. Also translations of Rabbi
Estulin's articles.
Box 30, Folder 8
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
December 1992-August 1996
Scope and Content Note
Letters concerning Holocaust survivors' difficulties in receiving restitution from
the Claims Conference. (The Claims Conference was established in 1952 as a non-profit group
representing two dozen international Jewish organizations in an attempt to distribute $635 million
to Soviet Jews who spent six months in a concentration camp or eighteen months in a ghetto.)
Providing acceptable documentation and the slowness of the process led to numerous articles in
the L.A. Times and "Together" as well as much correspondence with Congressmen and attorneys
in which Frumkin attempted to assist survivors obtain compensation.
Box 31, Folder 1
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (1 of 9)
1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
Letters concerning Holocaust Survivors' difficulties in receiving restitution from
the Claims Conference.
Box 31, Folder 2
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (2 of 9)
1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
Includes confidential background material for the 17 June 1994 and the 10-11
July 1996 Claims Conference biennial meetings.
Box 31, Folder 3
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (3 of 9)
1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
Included is a 20 April 1997 "Washington Post Magazine" article on Meli
Stein's application to the Claims Conference administered by President Israel Miller and Executive
Vice President Saul Kagan. Also a 16 May 1997 article by Edward Serotta from the German
newspaper "Die Zeit;" a 15 May 1997 article by Netty Gross from "The Jerusalem Report;" and a
13 June 1988 article in "Der Spiegel" in which Henryk M. Broder speculated whether Werner
Nachmann as President of the Board of Directors of the Zentralrats der Juden in Germany had
defrauded the organization he was supposed to represent.
Box 31, Folder 4
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (4 of 9)
April 1993-May 1996
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten correspondence in English and Russian regarding the applications
of numerous Holocaust survivors attempting to obtain restitution. Also an 11 October 1991 article
from the "Baltimore Jewish Times" on Jewish life in the Ukrainian town of Chechelnik.
Box 31, Folder 5
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (5 of 9)
1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten correspondence mostly in Russian regarding the applications of
numerous Holocaust survivors attempting to obtain restitution.
Box 31, Folder 6
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (6 of 9)
1996-1997
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten correspondence mostly in Russian regarding the applications of
numerous Holocaust survivors attempting to obtain restitution.
Box 31, Folder 7
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (7 of 9)
August 1995-February 1997
Scope and Content Note
Packets of twenty-two documents, including the By-Laws of the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and correspondence from Congressman Tom Lantos
and German Consul General Hans Alard von Rohr, to assist survivors in their appeals for
restitution.
Box 32, Folder 1
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (8 of 9)
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Russian Holocaust survivors seeking assistance in obtaining
restitution from the Claims Conference
Box 32, Folder 2
Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (9 of 9)
February -June 1997
Scope and Content Note
Fumkin's summary of his meeting with Saul Kagan of the Conference on
Jewish Material Claims against Germany, and lengthy articles from "The Washington Post
Magazine" and "The Jerusalem Report."
Box 32, Folder 3
Conference on Jewish Material Claims, Appeals by Soviet Survivors
May 1995-April 1998
Scope and Content Note
Various charts presenting survivor names, addresses, their attorneys' names
and amount of compensation received along with a letter from the Claims Conference stating they
there are no applications filed for sixteen of the southern California survivors mentioned. Also
correspondence between Frumkin and Sol Kagan of the Claims Conference.
Box 32, Folder 4
Conference on Jewish Material Claims, Correspondence
September 1995-February 1999
Scope and Content Note
Background material for the Board of Directors' July 1996 meeting of the
Conference on Jewish Material Claims. A letter in German from the approximately 200 Soviet
Holocaust survivors living in L.A. to Chancellor Helmut Kohl and letters from the German Consul
General, Hans Alard von Rohr as well as from Mr. Geis at the Finance Ministry. Also letters from
"The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, and an
unsigned letter from Elie Wiesel on Boston University Letterhead.
Box 32, Folder 5
Correspondence for publication in the L.A. Times (1 of 2)
Scope and Content Note
Letters to the Editor of the "Los Angeles Times."
Box 33, Folder 1
Correspondence for publication in the L.A. Times (2 of 2)
October 1989-February 1997
Scope and Content Note
Letters to the Editor of the "Los Angeles Times."
Box 33, Folder 2
Correspondence-Private (1 of 2)
December 1991-February 1998
Scope and Content Note
Personal correspondence.
Box 33, Folder 3
Correspondence-Private (2 of 2)
December 1996-June 2002
Scope and Content Note
Personal correspondence, including two personal notes from Sir Martin Gilbert
from May 2003.
Box 33, Folder 4
Commission (L.A. City Board of Human Relations)
September -October 1993
Scope and Content Note
Letters appointing Frumkin to the L.A. City Board of Human Relations by
Mayor Riordan.
Box 33, Folder 5
Crisis in Chechnya
1994-1995
Scope and Content Note
"N.Y. Times" and "L.A. Times" Newspaper articles regarding Boris Yeltsin's
and Lt. General Alexander Lebed's involvement in the crisis in Chechnya.
Box 33, Folder 6
Educational Material (1 of 2)
1971-1986
Scope and Content Note
Teaching material that Frumkin may have used in lecturing for classes at the
Stephen S. Wise Temple and other locations, commencing with his biographical data and inventory
of his papers; Attendees at the First Zionistic Congress in Basel in 1897; A July 5, 1986 article on
the "Refuseniks" in the USSR published in "The Jerusalem Post."
Box 33, Folder 7
Educational Material (2 of 2)
1971-1995
Scope and Content Note
Teaching material that Frumkin may have used in lecturing for classes
commencing with Allen Pollack's "The Soviet Union vs. the Jewish People" and including a 36 page
report written in Russian by Izrail Rabinovich in April 1989 and a 23-part lecture series given by
Frumkin at the Jewish Community Foundation from April-June 1995.
Box 34, Folder 1
Ethiopia
October 1988-August 1989
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles and Barbara Diamond's report on "The Abandoned Jews in
Ethiopia."
Box 34, Folder 2
Falcon International Ltd
1996
Scope and Content Note
Publicity material concerning Falcon International Ltd, a Wilshire Boulevard
corporation doing business with Russia.
Box 34, Folder 3
Federation (Jewish Federation Council)
January 1990-December 1998
Scope and Content Note
Minutes of Jewish Family Service; Jewish Vocational Service; and the
Immigration & Resettlement Department, and a listing of presidents of major U.S. Jewish
organizations along with their IRS Form 990 income for 1996.
Box 34, Folder 4
Feinstein, Senator Diane
August 1993-November 1995
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Sen. Feinstein re: her position that an immigrant's sponsor would
indeed take financial responsibility for the person's medical care.
Box 34, Folder 5
Finkel, Moisey Z.
March -August 1995
Scope and Content Note
Letters concerning Moisey Z. Finkel, who was arrested in Moscow on August
4, 1994 and the correspondence from the Union of Councils, which brought his imprisonment in
Lefortovo Prison to the attention of Boris Yeltsin.
Box 34, Folder 6
"Forum" Magazine of Jerusalem
June 1990-September 1991
Scope and Content Note
Seven issues of the "Soviet Jewry Zionist Forum" published in Jerusalem, and
two copies of the "Judische Korrespondenz," the monthly newsletter from the Jewish Cultural
Association in Berlin.
Box 34, Folder 7
Gathering of Holocaust Survivors' Conference
January -February 1998
Scope and Content Note
Resolutions adopted by the National Leadership Conference conducted in
Washington, D.C. by the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and attended by
Frumkin.
Box 34, Folder 8
Genya Intrator
August 1995-October 1998
Scope and Content Note
Translations from Hebrew and Russian into English regarding the plight of
Soviet refuseniks, such as Ida Nudel, Joseph Begun, Aba Taratuta, Victor Brailovsky, and Vladimir
Slepak, living in Israel but unable to earn a pension and thus living off senior citizen supplement.
The Zissman Amendment attempted to offer Prisoners of Zion an Israeli pension, but was opposed
by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Box 34, Folder 9
Glasnost
December 1990-February 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "Freedom at Issue" and "Radio Free Europe's" Soviet/East
European Report.
Box 34, Folder 10
Gruziya's Cruise to St. Petersburg, Florida
May 2-7, 1993
Scope and Content Note
Photographs and ship's daily programs aboard OdessAmerica's cruise ship
M.V. Gruziya to Belize City, Belize; Cancun, Mexico; Puerto Cortes, Honduras; and St.
Petersburg, Florida. Also photocopies of the tile pages from Holocaust books including Ernst
Klee's "The Good Old Days;" Christopher Browning's "Ordinary Men;" and Martin Gilbert's
"Auschwitz and the Allies." Also handouts for Frumkin's on-board lectures from Stanley Milgram's
title page "Obedience to Authority."
Box 34, Folder 11
Hoffman's Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jews
April 1993-May 1996
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence to and from Lillian Hoffman, who arranged for the bust of
Raoul Wallenberg to be placed in the Capitol.
Box 34, Folder 12
Hoffman, Candidate for Congress
April 1997-October 1998
Scope and Content Note
Political campaign material from Magellan Systems Corporation's founder,
Randy Hoffman, who ran for California's 24th Congressional District.
Box 34, Folder 13
Immigrants from former USSR to Israel
December 1994-December 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "The Jerusalem Post" examine whether immigrants from the
former USSR, who emigrate to Israel, are Jewish.
Box 34, Folder 14
Immigrants from former USSR to the U.S. (folder 1 of 2)
December 1991-April 1993
Scope and Content Note
Personal correspondence between Frumkin and Russian émigrés seeking
assistance.
Box 35, Folder 1
Immigrants from former USSR to the U.S. (folder 2 of 2)
July 1992-February 2002
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "New York Times," "Business Week" and "The New
Republic." Also personal correspondence between Frumkin and Russian émigrés seeking
assistance.
Box 35, Folder 2
Immigration & Naturalization Service's Asylum Cases
December 1991-May 1993
Scope and Content Note
Letters regarding INS's intent to deny immigration to former Soviet citizens
living in the U.S.
Box 35, Folder 3
Immigration to the U.S.
1996
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "New York Times," "Los Angeles Times" and "Forward."
Box 35, Folder 4
Intifada
December 1987-December 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Los Angeles Times" and "The Jerusalem Post," and
information on Hamas from the Israeli Consulate.
Box 35, Folder 5
Israel, favorable press towards
September 1988-March 1992
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles from "The American Spectator," "Commentary," and "The
Washington Post."
Box 35, Folder 6
Israel (1 of 3)
February 1988-June 1989
Scope and Content Note
Brochures include: B'nai B'rith's "A Pocket Guide to the PLO," "Prime
Minister's Conference on Jewish Solidarity with Israel" and The Jerusalem Post's "Israel in
Medialand."
Box 35, Folder 7
Israel (2 of 3)
October 1988-October 1990
Scope and Content Note
Material from "CAMERA" (the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East
Reporting in America); the Israeli Embassy; and brochure from Frank Eiklor's entitled "Israel Front
Page: The Untold Story."
Box 35, Folder 8
Israel (3 of 3)
January 1991-May 1996
Scope and Content Note
Material from the Israeli Embassy; Stewart Reiser's brochure "Soviet Jewish
Emigration to Israel;" and Martin Gilbert's "Jerusalem: A Tale of One City" published in the
November 1994 issue of The New Republic.
Box 36, Folder 1
Israeli Political Issues
1996-1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "The Heritage Foundation News," "Congress Monthly," "The
Jerusalem Post," and "The New Republic."
Box 36, Folder 2
Jewish Activists
December 1994-October 1997
Scope and Content Note
Faxes from the Coalition for Jewish Concerns-Amcha concerning subjects
including the building of a mall at the entrance to Auschwitz, the trial of Nazi guard John
Demjanjuk; a comparison of Robert C. Kim with Jonathan Pollard, and Netanyahu's concerns
regarding armed conflict with the Palestinians.
Box 36, Folder 3
Jewish Defense League
1990-1994
Scope and Content Note
A "Washington Post" article from 1990 and the "JDL News & Views" from
1994.
Box 36, Folder 4
Lazarus Fund
1996-1998
Scope and Content Note
Letters regarding the Emma Lazarus Fund, which George Soros founded with
a $50 million allocation in order to combat discrimination against legal immigrants in the U.S.
Box 36, Folder 5
Leon Kann, founder of "Club of Creative Intellectuals"
1997
Scope and Content Note
Letter and memo concerning Leon Kann, who introduced sound to Soviet
motion pictures and after a two year process was allowed to immigrate to the U.S. in 1975. He
brought culture and entertainment to the Russian immigrants of L.A. until his death in 1987.
Box 36, Folder 6
Letters
March 1987-June 1993
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence includes a letter by Col. Frederick P. Field regarding
Frumkin's internment in Kaufering Concentration Camp #1; Gary Becks regarding the desecration
of the synagogue in Managua, Nicaragua; and letters from Senators and Congressmen.
Box 36, Folder 7
Livshits, Major Semyon Vladlenovich
May 1994-August 1996
Scope and Content Note
Letters and articles regarding Major Semyon Vladlenovich Livshits, who was
sentenced to ten years deprivation of freedom by a Russian military tribunal in Vladivostok.
Box 36, Folder 8
Love on 4 Paws
December 1997
Scope and Content Note
Press releases regarding an organization of volunteers training dogs for
therapeutic assistance of blind, elderly, and special needs individuals as well as articles on the
benefits of dogs.
Box 36, Folder 9
MBNA Fraud
1998
Scope and Content Note
Letters regarding the theft of Frumkin's identity, which enabled a thief to write
fraudulent checks.
Box 36, Folder 10
McGinnis, Patrick E., Esq.
1996
Scope and Content Note
Subpoena and legal papers in a court case on behalf of the Estate of
Aleksandr M. Goldenberg regarding whether it was possible to conceal personal wealth in the
USSR.
Box 36, Folder 11
Nigerian scam
1995
Scope and Content Note
A letter from Lagos, Nigeria requesting Frumkin to send money so that a much
larger sum could be transferred to him.
Box 36, Folder 12
Operation Grow Hair
November 1993-January 1994
Scope and Content Note
A memo and newspaper articles concerning the Organized Crime Strike Force
against skinheads.
Box 37, Folder 1
Palestine
April 1986-January 1997
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "Newsweek," "The Jerusalem Post," "The New Republic," and
"The New York Times." In addition, there are flyers from the Christian Mideast Conference "Fact-
Page" [Poway] and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA).
Box 37, Folder 2
Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process
March 1994
Scope and Content Note
News updates from the Peace Watch and Coalition for Jewish Concerns-
Amcha.
Box 37, Folder 3
Panorama Russian-Language Newspaper
December 1982-December 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the Russian-language newspaper documenting Soviet-Jewish
issues and including activities of Zev Yaroslavsky. Also referenced are the Soviet dissident
Semyon Livshits and the Mayor of Moscow, Yu M. Luzhkov's visit to L.A.
Box 37, Folder 4
Passover (1 of 2)
April 2000-April 2004
Scope and Content Note
Various editions of the Hebrew-English and the Hebrew-Russian Passover
Haggadahs.
Box 37, Folder 5
Passover (2 of 2)
April 2000-April 2004
Scope and Content Note
Various editions of the Hebrew-English and the Hebrew-Russian Passover
Haggadahs.
Box 38, Folder 1
Pensions for Soviet Dissidents Refused by Israel
August 1997-January 1999
Scope and Content Note
Genya Intrator's news items regarding the Israeli Government's refusal to
provide Soviet émigrés with pensions.
Box 38, Folder 2
Plays written by Frumkin
1952, 1973
Scope and Content Note
Original scripts for plays written during Frumkin's college years at NYU as well
as later productions as an adult in L.A. including: "What are They Doing to us Now?" and "The
Silent Scream."
Box 38, Folder 3
Political Issues in U.S.
April 1992-July 1995
Scope and Content Note
Diverse American political issues including Soviet refugees, Jonathan Pollard,
and Darrell Issa's campaign to become a Senator. Also correspondence from Senators and
Congressmen.
Box 38, Folder 4
Pollard (1 of 3)
June 1990-June 1991
Scope and Content Note
Personal letters from Jonathan Pollard and responses to Frumkin from
Senators.
Box 38, Folder 5
Pollard (2 of 3)
October 1990-October 1991
Scope and Content Note
A court motion dated September 1991 to withdraw Pollard's guilty plea and a
Resolution from The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists. Also newspaper
articles from "The Wall Street Journal," "The Washington Post," and the "Jewish Journal" including
articles by Pollard's attorney Alan M. Dershowitz, Harvard Law School Professor. Also Frumkin's
handwritten manuscript of a Pollard article.
Box 38, Folder 6
Pollard (3 of 3)
February 1991
Scope and Content Note
An 83 paged, single-spaced "letter" from Pollard to Rabbi Werb, which
Frumkin indicated may have been written in the Summer of 1990 before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Handwritten letters from Morris Pollard to Frumkin on University of Notre Dame letterhead dated 24
February 1991 and 16 March 1991.
Box 39, Folder 1
Pollard 1995 (1 of 4)
December 1994-December 1995
Scope and Content Note
A letter from Oskar Schindler's wife appealing for President Clinton to intervene
with regard to Pollard's sentence. A statement by John Loftus that Pollard was blamed for
disclosing secrets to the USSR, which CIA agent Aldrich Ames had confessed to. Alan
Dershowitz's reference to the 85 members of the Knesset who sponsored a bill granting Pollard
Israeli citizenship.
Box 39, Folder 2
Pollard 1995 (2 of 4)
January -November 1994
Scope and Content Note
An excerpt from Howard Teicher's book, "Twin Pillars to Desert Storm:
America's Flawed Vision in the Middle East from Nixon to Bush."
Box 39, Folder 3
Pollard 1995 (3 of 4)
September 1990-October 1993
Scope and Content Note
Fumkin's editorial "I Really Didn't Believe it Could Happen Here" and "Yes, it
could Happen Here and it still Does." A handwritten note by Morris Pollard to Frumkin on University
of Notre Dame letterhead dated 22 August 1992. August 1992 article in "New Dimensions" and
February 1993 article from "The Jerusalem Post Magazine." Photocopies of a few pages from Elliot
Goldenberg's book, "The Spy Who Knew Too Much" as well as a 12 October 1993 feature article
about the book in the "Jewish Journal."
Box 39, Folder 4
Pollard 1995 (4 of 4)
December 1992-March 1994
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "The New York Times," "Los Angeles Times," "The New
Republic," "The Wall Street Journal," and the "Palm Beach Post."
Box 39, Folder 5
Pollard 1996
January 1996-April 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Chicago Tribune" "The Jerusalem Post," and "The New York
Times" reporting amongst other items that Pollard became an Israeli citizen on 24 January 1996
and an appeal from Elie Wiesel.
Box 39, Folder 6
Pollard 1997-1998
May 1997-May 1998
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Heritage Southwest Jewish Press" as well as an article by
Dennis Prager in "The Jewish Journal" including the topic of Pollard's life sentence for giving
secrets such as the Saad 16 ballistic missile plant in northern Iraq and the names of German
companies that helped build Iraqi chemical weapons facilities to Colonel Aviem Sella.
Box 39, Folder 7
Polovets' 65th Birthday Party
2000
Scope and Content Note
A list of the invited guests and an itemized list of expenses to the birthday
honoring the founder of the Russian language newspaper "Panorama."
Box 39, Folder 8
Pozner, Russian TV Commentator
2000
Scope and Content Note
A transcript of a June 2000 PBS interview with Vladimir Pozner, a Russian
television commentator who worked for the KGB's Novosty Press Agency.
Box 39, Folder 9
Prisoners in Russia
1993
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Jews desirous of emigrating to Israel, but instead being held
prisoners in Russia including from Semyon Livshits and Ilya Solomonik.
Box 40, Folder 1
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
1958
Scope and Content Note
A 24 March 1958 paper by Frumkin for NYU, notes in Russian and an article
produced by the "Encyclopedia Britannica Library Research Service."
Box 40, Folder 2
Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty
February -June 1993
Scope and Content Note
Articles reg: Radio Free Europe (RFE) operation in Munich, slated to become
part of the Voice of America during the Clinton Administration as a cost-saving device. Former
President Gorbachev affirmed in the German press that the continuation of RFE's programs in
twelve languages in the former USSR was a stabilizing factor. Endorsements of RFE were also
provided by Senator Joseph Biden and former Warsaw ghetto fighter Marek Edelman.
Box 40, Folder 3
Refuseniks and Refugees (1 of 2)
October 1989-March 1991
Scope and Content Note
Multiple lists of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of Soviet
refuseniks and when they first applied for emigration. Also included is an open letter from The
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) informing cooperating agencies of policies in the U.S.
Consul's immigration practices that would change in Moscow. An article in "The Jerusalem Post
Magazine" by Irwin Cotler, Natan Sharansky's attorney.
Box 40, Folder 4
Refuseniks and Refugees (2 of 2)
March 1991-May 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles and letters regarding immigration to Israel of Soviet Jews during the
period January-November 1990. A letter to Frumkin from the U.S. Department of State regarding
his desire to increase the quota of Soviet Jews permitted to immigrate, despite Moscow's
restriction to less than the U.S. quota. A January 1992 list of refuseniks disseminated by the
"Union of Councils for Soviet Jews." Personal appeals by various Russian Jews.
Box 40, Folder 5
Republican Party in California
September 1993-June 1994
Scope and Content Note
Form letter appointing Frumkin to the California Republican Party Central
Committee. Also included is a "Forward" article from June 1994 indicating Russian émigrés were
leaning towards the Republican party.
Box 40, Folder 6
Russian Anti-Semitism February 1990-November 1991 (1 of 3)
1982-January 1996
Scope and Content Note
Lev Korneyev's article "Along the Road of Aggression and Racism," published
in "Ogonyok" on 27 November 1982 and translated into English by David Pearl. The complete
Russian 64 page text of V. Prudnik's propaganda "Zionist Lobby in the U.S." published by the
Belarus State Publishing House in 1984 with a 9 page overview in English. V. Begun's manuscript
discussing "zemlyachestvos" (associations of Fellow-countrymen).
Box 41, Folder 1
Russian Anti-Semitism February 1990-November 1991 (2 of 3)
August 1989-July 1990
Scope and Content Note
Walter Laqueur's article "From Russia with Hate," published in the 5 February
1990 issue of "The New Republic." Russian fax and Frumkin's translation of Semyon Reznik's
article "Soviet Nazis Invade Washington," noting that anti-Semites including Vadim Kozhinov,
Stanislav Kuniaev, Sergei Lykoshin, Valentin Rasputin, Petr Palamarchuk, and Leonid Borodinwere
invited to speak at the Kennan Institute in April 1990. Vyacheslav Yerokhin's article "Who will Halt
the Aggressor?" and Michael Chlenov's "The Last Journey of Soviet Jewry."
Box 41, Folder 2
Russian Anti-Semitism February 1990-November 1991 (3 of 3)
October 1990-December 1991
Scope and Content Note
Russian and English translations regarding the imprisonment of Mark Glizer for
having found a buyer for a friend's car. In addition, there is Sergei Lezov's report on the gala
opening of "The World of Anne Frank" exhibit at the State Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow
on 28 November 1991.
Box 41, Folder 3
Russian Anti-Semitism June 1992-July 1994 (1 of 2)
June 1992-October 1995
Scope and Content Note
Donna Arzt's article "Soviet Anti-Semitism: Legal Responses in an Age of
Glasnost," reprinted from the "Temple International and Comparative Law Journal." Union of
Councils for Soviet Jews' materials from June 1992-December 1992, including David Waksberg's
"Soviet Anti-Semitism through Perestroika and Beyond." Natasha Stonov's translations of Russian
newspaper articles from the Fall of 1992 and Judy Patkin's 54 page "Trip to Ukraine & Russia,"
printed in October 1993.
Box 41, Folder 4
Russian Anti-Semitism June 1992-July 1994 (2 of 2)
June 1992-October 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles published in the "Monitor," from 2 May 1994 - 8 July 1994. Union of
Councils for Soviet Jews' updates on refuseniks.
Box 42, Folder 1
Russian Anti-Semitism June 1992-May 1995 (1 of 2)
June 1992-October 1994
Scope and Content Note
B'nai B'rith's August 1992 "International Council Country Reports on Jewish
Communities Worldwide." Copies of the "Monitor," from 1993-1994. There is also Robert Brym's
article "Anti-Semitism in Moscow: Results of an October 1992 Survey," which was published in
"Slavic Review" for Spring 1993 and the UCSJ Index of Recent Anti-Semitic Incidents/Reports
prepared for the November 1993 Board Meeting. In addition, there are copies of the "Monitor" from
1994, including a 28 October article "Archives Show KGB Obsession with Sakharov."
Box 42, Folder 2
Russian Anti-Semitism June 1992-May 1995 (2 of 2)
January -September 1995
Scope and Content Note
Jeanne Butterfield's January 1995 report "New Asylum Rule Released,
Effective January 1995." Material from the "Monitor," including Alexander Frenkel's "The Year in
review for Jews of the Former Soviet Union" and Leonid Stonov's "Russia: Lurching Toward
Fascism." Data from the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, such as Micah Naftalin's testimony
before a Congressional Commission entitled "Religious Liberty in the OSCE: Present and Future."
Box 42, Folder 3
Russian Anti-Semitism 1996
February -May 1996
Scope and Content Note
Union of Councils' press releases on Dmitrii Fattakhov's release from prison
and emigration to Israel in February 1996 after being falsely accused of murder in Uzbek in April
1995. There are seven reports produced by the American Association of Russian Jews on various
former Soviet countries (e.g. Ukraine, Latvia, et al). Report by the Bay Area Council entitled:
"Antisemitism in St. Petersburg, Russia: Experiences of Jews in 1995." The text of Leonid
Stonov's statement on "Anti-Semitism in the Former Soviet Union (FSU)" before a Congressional
Subcommittee.
Box 42, Folder 4
Russian Anti-Semitism 1997
June 1997-December 1998
Scope and Content Note
Report: "DOS Report on Religious Persecution: FSU Country Reports; (July
22, 1997)." Material from The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews including Tbilisi Jews denied the
return of their synagogue. Department of State report: "Antisemitism and the Persecution of Ethnic
and Religious Minorities in the Former Soviet Union."
Box 43, Folder 1
Schreiber, Candidate for L.A. City Council
November 1999
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Scott Schreiber to Frumkin
Box 43, Folder 2
Shoah Visual History Foundation
June 1996-July 1998
Scope and Content Note
Four copies of the newsletter produced by Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the
Shoah Visual History Foundation
Box 43, Folder 3
Show Business
1968-1970
Scope and Content Note
A draft of the play "What are They doing to us Now," when it was titled "The
Silent Scream" along with flyers advertising the play. In addition, there are "The Unredeemed," a
play based on the Passover Hagadah and a second draft of an April 1968 "Seder for Russian
Jews."
Box 43, Folder 4
Shvut Ami
Scope and Content Note
List of books by Shvut Ami, a Jerusalem organization teaching Judaism to
Russian émigrés.
Box 43, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles 1990 (1 of 2)
1990
Scope and Content Note
A ten page fax in Russian from Andranik Migranian, a visiting lecturer in
Economics at San Diego State University and Frumkin's translation for publication in the "Los
Angeles Times." There is also a computer print-out listing 495 Russian articles published in
Panorama between 14 November 1981 and 5 October 1990, written by Frumkin.
Box 43, Folder 6
Si's Scribbles 1990 (2 of 2)
1990
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation from the Russian of Valerii Begishev's article "The
Specter of Hunger in the Service of Soviet Partocracy."
Box 43, Folder 7
Si's Scribbles 1991 (1 of 2)
1991
Scope and Content Note
Tunne Kelam's article "Selling out the Baltics," published in 8 January 1991
issue of "The New York Times." Commission from the "Los Angeles Times" for Frumkin to
translate Melor Sturua's article "Personalities and Politics" and an article by Andranik Migranian of
Moscow, who in 1991 was a visiting lecturer in Economics at San Diego State University.
Box 43, Folder 8
Si's Scribbles 1991 (2 of 2)
1991
Scope and Content Note
Essay by Henry Frenkel, who had been in radiation control in Byelorussia,
entitled "Life After Chernobyl." Frumkin later published this as "They are Poisoning the People."
Includes Frumkin's "Questions People Ask about the Holocaust" and an article by Alexander
Polovets.
Box 44, Folder 1
Si's Scribbles 1992 (1 of 2)
1992
Scope and Content Note
Evgenii Manin's seven page Russian response to Frumkin's article on
Jerusalem, which was published in a 1989 edition of "Panorama" resulting in Frumkin's rejoinder
"Manin Forgive Me for I have Sinned."
Box 44, Folder 2
Si's Scribbles 1992 (2 of 2)
1992
Scope and Content Note
A reprint of Alan Dershowitz's article "Prosecute the Balkan Murderers" as well
as Natan Sharansky's "A Dangerous Message,"published in the 27 August 1992 issue of "The
Jerusalem Report." Frumkin's translation of an article by Mark Slobodin and Yosif Lakhman
appeared as "What the Execution Record Tells Us." Also included is the original pen-and-ink
drawing for "Graffiti for Intellectuals."
Box 44, Folder 3
Si's Scribbles 1993
1993
Scope and Content Note
Si's Scribbles from 1993.
Box 44, Folder 4
Si's Scribbles 1994
1994
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's essays on Anchorage, Alaska and "Aeroflot, Kafka, and the
Moscow Circus" and report on his trip to Moscow.
Box 44, Folder 5
Si's Scribbles 1995
1995
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's essays including "'You Should Have Died in the Death Camp,' New
York Jews Told Her."
Box 44, Folder 6
Social Security Insurance Crisis
March 1994-October 1995
Scope and Content Note
Articles concerning the denial of SSI to immigrants until they become citizens
as reported in the "Los Angeles Times;" original letters from concerned Russian immigrants; and a
West Hollywood Resolution against the proposed curtailment.
Box 45, Folder 1
Soka Gakkai International University
May - July 1994
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, business cards, and an essay on Frumkin's trip to Tokyo as
he opened a Holocaust exhibition in Tokyo on behalf of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Box 45, Folder 2
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews, Checking Account
December 1996-January 1998
Scope and Content Note
Itemized list of expenses paid for through the Coast Federal Bank checking
account.
Box 45, Folder 3
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews, Documents (1 of 2)
June 1972-July 1990
Scope and Content Note
Contents include a report on the "Candlelight Walk" of December 1972;
material on the Jackson-Vanik Bill; Frumkin's biographical sketch; typed history of the organization
from 1969-1983; acknowledgement of a $500 contribution from Congressman Henry Waxman;
financial contributors from 1989; list of names and addresses of Soviet Jews requesting books on
Judaism; list of names, addresses and telephone numbers of volunteers; summary of Rabbi Jeffrey
Perry-Marx's January 1990 trip to Vilnius and Kaunas.
Box 45, Folder 4
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews, Documents (2 of 2)
August 1990-May 1999
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's biographical sketch; press release regarding $200,000 pledged for
"Operation Exodus" to assist 100,000 to emigrate in three years; open letter regarding the 1990
"Ride to Freedom" program enabling Jews to leave the USSR and emigrate to Israel; Frumkin's
translation of Yakov Feigin's 16 March 1991 letter to Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky; 30 September
1992 fax in Russian from Michael Joffe and Yuri Chernyak of MIT with Frumkin's translation entitled
"Come to MIT." Obituary of Kathy Frumkin in the 26 August 1994 issue of "Heritage Southwest
Jewish Press."
Box 45, Folder 5
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews, Investments
December 1987-February 1997
Scope and Content Note
Monthly statements from the Dreyfus Investment fund, which varied in asset
amount from about $2,500 to $7,000. An August 1988 notification to pay taxes of $1,029.21 from
the State of California Employment Development Department.
Box 45, Folder 6
Southern California Council for Soviet Jews, Taxes
1980-1996
Scope and Content Note
Tax returns, which include a list of addresses of donors. Contributions ranged
from $39,451 in 1990 to $12,424.17 in donations for the tax year 1993.
Box 45, Folder 7
Soviet Humor
1978-1997
Scope and Content Note
Contents include Frumkin's review of Emil Draitser's 1978 book, "Forbidden
Laughter," a copy of which is included. Signed copy of Draitser's "Sociological aspects of the
Russian Jewish jokes of the exodus," published in the 1994 edition of "Humor." Frumkin's essay
"Forbidden Chuckles through the Crack in the Curtain."
Box 46, Folder 1
Soviet Psychology and Sociology
1983-1989
Scope and Content Note
Dmitry Mikheyev's 56 page manuscript "The Soviet Mentality," published in
volume 8 (1987) of "Political Psychology." Manuscript by Alex Shtromas entitled "To Fight
Communism: Why and How?"
Box 46, Folder 2
Spying on behalf of the KGB on Soviet Dissidents by Larisa Vilenskaya
October 1983-March 1995
Scope and Content Note
Personal letters expressing concern by organizations in southern California
that Larisa Vilenskaya was being paid by the KGB to inform on activities in southern California.
Box 46, Folder 3
Stone, Candidate for Judge in Beverly Hills
November 1999-February 2000
Scope and Content Note
Publicity material and resume for Richard Stone.
Box 46, Folder 4
Survivors of the Holocaust from the former Soviet Union
1988-1998
Scope and Content Note
Materials (almost exclusively in Russian) from the Association of Holocaust
Survivors from Former USSR, whose President was Semen Shpitalnik and Senior Advisor was
Frumkin. Data includes handwritten minutes of their meetings. Various mailing lists containing 133,
268, 308 and 317 members, which indicates the name of the ghetto or concentration camp in
which they were interred during the period 1941-1944.
Box 46, Folder 5
Sybert, Republican Congressional Candidate
July 1996-April 1997
Scope and Content Note
A letter from Frumkin requesting Natan Sharansky to schedule a photo
opportunity with Rich Sybert; Also Rich Sybert's campaign material in his unsuccessful bid for the
U.S. Congress.
Box 46, Folder 6
Temple Shalom for the Arts
May 1997-January 1999
Scope and Content Note
Board of Trustee Minutes and Temple Shalom for the Arts newsletters.
Box 46, Folder 7
Term Papers
1960-1964
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's term papers submitted to San Fernando Valley State College.
Box 47, Folder 1
Terrorism
1993-December 1999
Scope and Content Note
Material includes class schedule and course outline for Arthur Bernstein's
class for the Plato Society (Perpetual Learning And Teaching Organization) of UCLA. There's also
articles from the "U.S. News & World Report." There are two Anti-Defamation League Special
Reports entitled, "Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood" and "Hizballah and Iranian-
Sponsored Terrorism."
Box 47, Folder 2
Terrorism Task Force
April 1992-December 1994
Scope and Content Note
House Republican Research Committee Reports on Iran, Islam and North
Korea.
Box 47, Folder 3
THEM Magazine, Conceptualizing a new Business
November 1988-February 1989
Scope and Content Note
Contents include a 21 page mailing list indicating customers who have paid for
their subscriptions to "THEM."
Box 47, Folder 4
THEM Magazine, Firm's Start-Up
December 1988-April 1990
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of articles by political scientists and journalists from the
former Soviet Union and Eastern block countries, including Belotserkovsky, Vail, Genis, Lev Alburt,
Matlin, Mihajlo Mihajlov, and Shalkhnovsky. Business plan from The G.L.O.S.S. Company in
Texas, which could serve as a guide for THEM Magazine. Financial data on Frumkin's start-up
magazine as well as an 11 August 1988 article in the "Los Angeles Times" announcing the
inauguration of Frumkin's and Alexander Polovets' new publication.
Box 47, Folder 5
THEM Magazine, Process of Translation
1988
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts of the articles in the following folder. Manuscripts include Mihajlo
Mihajlov's analysis of Orest Maltsev.
Box 47, Folder 6
THEM Magazine, Proposed Articles
1988
Scope and Content Note
Contents include Alex Kharkovsky's article "Nobel Laureate and the Atom
Bomb." Lev Navrozov's manuscript "I.N.F. Magic: It Wouldn't Fool a Seven-Year Old- Why is it
Fooling our Congress?" Lev Alburt's "Know Thine Enemy: The Origin of Soviet Anti-Americanism."
Grigori Ryskin's "To Hatch a Hard-Boiled Egg." Vladimir Green's "The Time of Norman Green."
Vadim Belotserkovsky's article "The Nazi Movement in the Soviet Union."
Box 48, Folder 1
THEM Magazine, Queries to the Editor
November 1988-March 1989
Scope and Content Note
Letters to the Editor of "THEM" and letters to the editors of other published
newspapers concerning "THEM."
Box 48, Folder 2
Trade linked with emigration for Soviet Jews
March 1973-February 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "Los Angeles Times," "Newsweek," and "The Washington Times"
re: Armand Hammer's trade negotiations with the Soviets and the Vanik bill. Photocopies from
Robert C. Williams' book "Russian Art and American Money" and Charles Levinson's "Vodka
Cola." Senator William Armstrong's printed statement on the U.S. ban against importing items
made by slave labor.
Box 48, Folder 3
Translation into Russian
April 1987-January 1994
Scope and Content Note
Letters and financial data regarding the translation into Russian and publishing
of Dennis Prager's "Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism." Invoices and financial documents
recording offsetting donations from Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky, Congressman Henry Waxman,
Mel Levine, and Howard Berman.
Box 48, Folder 4
Trip to Estonia in 1987
March 1974-July 1987
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's letter to the Soviet Consulate expressing concern that he would be
considered a Soviet citizen, if he visited the USSR. Reports by various people on their trips to see
dissidents in Moscow, Leningrad, and Tallin, Estonia. Maps of Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev and
sketches on how to locate the synagogues. 64 page packet useful for Jewish tourists to visit
Russian refuseniks.
Box 48, Folder 5
Trip to Russia in 1989 by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (1 of 2)
October 1989-January 1990
Scope and Content Note
Reports by various people on their trips to see dissidents in Moscow,
Leningrad, Minsk, Bobruisk, Kharkov, Odessa, Lvov, and Tashkent as well as Vilnius, Lithuania
and Riga, Latvia and Tallin, Estonia. "Adopt-a-Family" Program materials.
Box 48, Folder 6
Trip to Russia in 1989 by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (2 of 2)
November -December 1989
Scope and Content Note
List of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of Jewish refuseniks in
Russia, Lithuania, Byelorussia. Information about Kompass, a Boston-based Soviet-American
media company headed by John M. Rose, Jr. Brief descriptions of refuseniks not permitted to leave
the USSR. Reports by various American Jews who visited Russian refuseniks. Revised itinerary of
16-27 October trip to Moscow, Leningrad, and excursions to Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, Minsk,
Vilnius, Riga and other cities in order to visit Jewish activists.
Box 49, Folder 1
Trip to Russia for Frumkin and Zev Yaroslavsky
May 1990
Scope and Content Note
A report on Frumkin's and Yaroslavsky's visit to Moscow in May 1990, where
they met with dissidents from Bylorussia and Kiev as well as visiting the Arkhipova Choral
Synagogue. The account also narrates that Frumkin and Yaroslvsky went to the U.S. Embassy,
waited in line at McDonalds, and met with VAAD.
Box 49, Folder 2
Trip to Russia sponsored by NDI
February -June 1991
Scope and Content Note
A letter from Yaroslavsky regarding the National Democratic Institute's
invitation to conduct seminars on local government for elected officials in the USSR. A report
summarizing the items addressed included human rights, the Moscow Helsinki Group Prisoner
List, the Moscow Jewish Scientific Center, and granting asylum to Soviet military personnel in
Germany.
Box 49, Folder 3
Ukrainian mis-statements by CBS' "60 Minutes"
December 1994-January 1995
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's letter expressing disappointment with "60 Minutes" segment entitled
"The Ugly Face of Freedom," which the Jewish community held misrepresented the facts of
Jewish life in the Ukraine.
Box 49, Folder 4
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (1 of 4)
October 1989-April 1992
Scope and Content Note
An open letter from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) regarding
changes in U.S. Consular Practices in Moscow; a Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (UCSJ) update
on refuseniks; and a World Jewish Congress assessment of Soviet Jewry. Articles from "The New
York Times," the "B'nai B'rith Messenger," and "Panorama." Materials from the Israeli Consulate in
New York and the addresses and telephone numbers of the UCSJ Executive Committee for 1991.
Box 49, Folder 5
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (2 of 4)
August 1992-Juky 1994
Scope and Content Note
March and April 1993 articles on Russia's anti-democracy movement from
"The Jewish Journal." Issues of the "Monitor" from May 1994-July 1994. Kevin Fedarko's article on
Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the 11 July 1994 issue of "Time."
Box 49, Folder 6
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (3 of 4)
March 1992-September 1996
Scope and Content Note
Legislative updates pending in the U.S. Congress regarding Russian Jews. A
list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the January 1993 Executive Committee for
the UCSJ. A report on Russian refuseniks, including that of Abdumanob Pulatov, Evgeniy
Berenshteyn, Iosif Koenov, and Dmitrii Fattakhov. Agenda and Minutes of the 1996 UCSJ Annual
Meeting.
Box 49, Folder 7
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (4 of 4)
September 1996-September 1997
Scope and Content Note
Material includes UCSJ's Government Affairs 1996 in Review. Updates on
refuseniks Isaak Kaufman, Rudolf Masarsky, and Alexander Nikitin and political prisoners: Albert
Lavrenev, Semyon Lifshits, Iosif Koenov. UCSJ report on the return of Jewish communal property in
Baku, Chernigov, Khmelnitskaya, Novosibirsk. Report on Leonid Stonov's December 1996 and
December 1997 trips to the former USSR.
Box 50, Folder 1
United States Sociology
February 1991-November 1993
Scope and Content Note
Jack Miles' article, "The Struggle for the Bottom Rung; Blacks vs. Browns," in
the October 1992 issue of "The Atlantic." Charles Krauthammer's articles, "The New Assault on
Bourgeois Life;" and "Leaving a Mark on U.S. Culture" in the "Los Angeles Times." Michael
Medved's article "Popular Culture and the War Against Standards" in Hillsdale College's "Imprimis"
Box 50, Folder 2
Unz, Chairman Voters Rights
May 1999-August 2000
Scope and Content Note
Editorials in "My Nation" by Ron Unz concerning his disagreement with whole
language and bi-lingual education in the public schools. Matthew Miller's article, "Man with a
Mission: Ron Unz's Improbable Assault on the Powers that be in California," in the July 1999 issue
of "The New Republic." An article on Unz's efforts against Affirmative Action in a January 1999
issue of "The Sacramento Bee."
Box 50, Folder 3
Unz's Proposition 227: Anti-bilingual Education Initiative in CA
January -May 1998
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles on Ron Unz's Proposition 227 in California, which opposed
bi-lingual education.
Box 50, Folder 4
Uskolovsky not permitted to ride bus to Pacific Palisades High
October 1987-July 1998
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding Julie Uskolovsky, who was not allowed to ride a bus
to Pacific Palisades High School because busing was considered to be only for ethnic minorities.
Box 50, Folder 5
Vartanov's book, "Assyrians in the Siberian Exile"
1994-1995
Scope and Content Note
Elia Vartanov's resume and photocopied pages in Russian from his book,
which concerns the KGB precursor (NKVD) sending Assyrians to Siberia.
Box 50, Folder 6
Vouchers for Private Education
June -December 1995
Scope and Content Note
A copy of the Initiative for Private Education as well as letters from The
Rutherford Institute and the Hoover Institution.
Box 50, Folder 7
Washington Marched on by the AAJFSU
April 1997
Scope and Content Note
A fax and newspapera articles regarding Leonid Stonov's march of 5,000
Russian emigrants on the capitol. Photographs of protesting World War II veterans wearing their
medals are included.
Box 50, Folder 8
Weeks, Columnist in "The Washington Times"
October 1990-April 1995
Scope and Content Note
Albert L. Weeks authored the first book in English on Peter Nikitich Tkachev
and desired Frumkin's assistance in having it translated into Russian.
Box 50, Folder 9
Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of 1996
August 1996-February 1997
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles on the Governors Association's compromise to welfare
reform, which proposed that MediCal benefits for legal immigrants be continued.
Box 50, Folder 10
"Why the Jews," a book by Dennis Prager
September 1990-March 1992
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding the translation and publishing costs of Dennis
Prager's book "Why the Jews?" A manuscript edition of the book's "Acknowledgment" indicates
that the publication costs were paid by Zev Yaroslavsky, The Simon Wiesenthal Center, and
Seymour Matanky and publishing in Russian was done by Alexander Polovets company, Almanac
Inc. of Los Angeles. Faxed correpondence indicates that Frumkin was also interested in translating
Max Dimont's "Jews, God, and History" as well as Ehrenburg's "The Black Book" for use in the
U.S., Russia and Israel. Letters indicate that the Russian publication of "8 Questions" was delayed
due to anti-Semitism.
Box 50, Folder 11
Wilson, Senator Pete
November 1987-June 1990
Scope and Content Note
David Willman's article "Can Pete Wilson's low profile take him on the high
road to victory?" in the December 1987 issue of "California Journal." Manuscript edition of an
English translation of an interview, in the March 1998 issue of "Panorama." A letter from Wilson
acknowledging Frumkin's support for Wilson during his campaign to become Governor. Letters from
Wilson demonstrating his intervention on behalf of individual Soviet Jews.
Box 51, Folder 1
Witness Newspaper, Entire Run
October 1987-February 1988
Scope and Content Note
The entire run of "Witness's" essays along with letters to the editor. Examples
of the articles include Lev Navrozov"s "I.N.F. Magic," Lev Alburt's "Know Thine Enemy," and
Grigori Ryskin's "To Hatch a Hard-Boiled Egg." A manuscript edition of Lt. General William E.
Odom's testimony before the U.S. Senate is also included.
Box 51, Folder 2
Witness Newspaper, Models for
October 1987-February 1988
Scope and Content Note
Copies of other publications that have a focus on Russia.
Box 51, Folder 3
Witness Newspaper, Possible Essays by Russians & E Europeans
Scope and Content Note
A series of essays in manuscript form, sixteen of which were authored by
Mihajlo Mihajlov, and one by Lev Nazrozov, one by T. Schuman, and three by Lev Alburtas. Other
items include Navrozov's curriculum vitae and portraits of the authors.
Box 51, Folder 4
Addenda: A
1978-1988
Scope and Content Note
Rael Jean Isaac's pamphlet, entitled "The anti-New Jewish Agenda" and
articles from "The American Spectator" including Michael Ledeen's "God is on our Side" and David
Brock's "Christic Mystics and their Drug-Running Theories."
Box 51, Folder 5
Addenda: B
January 1985-December 1987
Scope and Content Note
Trude Weiss-Rosmarin's article "A Personal Perspective" and a copy of
Shirley Hobbs Scheibla's essay "Anti-Apartheid or Pro-Soviet?"
Box 51, Folder 6
Addenda: California Newspapers
August 1969-October 1975
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles from the "Jewish Chronicle," "This World," and the
"California Jewish Record" regarding various topics on Soviet Jews.
Box 51, Folder 7
Addenda: California Council for Soviet Jews
September 1971-March 1989
Scope and Content Note
Letter to the L.A. Police Department regarding the Third Annual Candlelight
Walk for Soviet Jews in 1971. Yaroslavsky's letter opposing Mack Truck's establishment of a truck
factory in the USSR. Articles include Arch Puddington's entitled "Are Things Getting Better in
Eastern Europe" in the August 1983 issue of "Commentary" and Norman Podhoretz's "Israel: A
Lamentation from the Future."
Box 51, Folder 8
Addenda: D
October 1969-August 1989
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with individuals, last names beginning with "D," including
Consul General Dinstein, Ambassador Debrynin, Donnelly of KCET, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Box 51, Folder 9
Addenda: E
February 1970-December 1987
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with individuals, last names beginning with "E," including
Samuel Elkin and Mitchell Egers and publications such as the overview of Zev Yaroslavsky in
"Esquire" and the Wichita "Eagle-Beacon."
Box 51, Folder 10
Addenda: F
December 1992
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the newspaper "Forward" regarding the Clinton Administration.
Box 51, Folder 11
Addenda: G
March - May 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the newspaper "Golos," a Russian language weekly.
Box 51, Folder 12
Addenda: H
September 1977-September 1987
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the newspapers "Herald Examiner" and "Heritage" on themes
such as whether Pope Pius XII supported the Nazis as well as the rise in crime by Soviet
immigrants. Frumkin's articles on American indifference to tragedy.
Box 51, Folder 13
Addenda: "Heritage Newspaper"
April 1970-August 1974
Scope and Content Note
Article on Councilman Tom Bradley's remarks at the Candlelight March for
Soviet Jewry. Article concerning Frumkin awarding City Councilman Joel Wachs with the Prisoner
of Conscience Medallion and published photo of Frumkin demonstrating outside the Shrine
Auditorium. Editorial mentioning Zev Yaroslavsky's and Frumkin's disappointment with President
Nixon's visit to Moscow as well as Frumkin's article "Send Your Cards to Jews of Soviet Union."
Box 51, Folder 14
Addenda: I
October 1977-December 1987
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper articles from "Insight" and "Israel Today" by Frumkin including "On
Chest Thumping, Public Relations and Jesse Jackson" and "Make us Proud, Jimmy!" Photograph
of Frumkin shaking hands with President Reagan, and an article on Frumkin being interviewed on
his activism. Article on Professor Ivan F. Martinov as deserving the title of "Righteous Gentile" for
protesting anti-Semitic actions at Moscow University.
Box 51, Folder 15
Addenda: J (1 of 2)
August 1985-January 1990
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "The Jewish Journal" on Natan Sharansky, refusenik Leonid
Lubman, Nazi John Demjanuk on trial for actions in Trawniki, Refusenik Shimon Frumkin in
Leningrad and on Soviet Jews.
Box 51, Folder 16
Addenda: J (2 of 2)
August 1969-July 1973
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "The Jerusalem Post" on the protest at the Western Wall due to
the trial of seven Jews in Leningrad for a purported attempt to hijack a plane to Finland, and on
Jesse Zel Lurie's visit to Otkazniki and his insights on Soviet Jews.
Box 52, Folder 1
Addenda: Letters to the Editor of the "Los Angeles Times"
August 1975-December 1992
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's letters to the Editor in the 12 February 1978 issue of the "Los
Angeles Times" (also 19 August 1975; 22 December 1976; 16 May 1978; 25 January 1988), his
article "Can the World Survive the Search for Truth?" in the 26 January 1979 edition of the "Los
Angeles Times" and his "Checking Soviets New Mideast Moves" in the 3 February 1980 issue.
Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's November 1987 article in the
"Los Angeles Times," "Though Things are Better, the Fear Remains for Soviet Jews."
Box 52, Folder 2
Addenda: "Los Angeles Times" (1 of 3)
April 1969-December 1972
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Los Angeles Times" regarding Israel being convinced that
foreign pressure caused Russia to relent with respect to Jewish emigration. Published photo of
Councilman Tom Bradley with Senator Alan Cranston marching for Soviet Jews in October 1969.
Article on the cancellation of the 1970 and 1971 U.S. tour by the Bolshoi, due to "Zionist
extremists." Article on the Jewish Defense League picketing the Ukrainian Dance Company at the
Greek Theater in July 1972.
Box 52, Folder 3
Addenda: "Los Angeles Times" (2 of 3)
October 1972-August 1973
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Los Angeles Times" regarding Senator William Fulbright's
view that trade should not be used to interfere with Soviet emigration policy contrasted with
Frumkin's rebuttal published two weeks later. Zev Yaroslavsky's 23 March 1973 letter to the "Los
Angeles Times."
Box 52, Folder 4
Addenda: "Los Angeles Times" (3 of 3)
August 1973-September 1975
Scope and Content Note
Articles from the "Los Angeles Times" on topics such as Senator Henry
Jackson linking trade with emigration; phone callers not connected by the international operator
after David A. Azbel's hunger strike; and Kirov Ballet stars, Valery and Galina Panov's hunger strike
in Leningrad. William F. Buckley's article: "Courage of the Jews Keeps Pressure on Russia."
Frumkin's September 1975 article "The Word that Jews Seldom Utter in Public."
Box 52, Folder 5
Addenda: Magazines "M"
October 1984-May 1989
Scope and Content Note
Zvi Gitelman's article on Soviet Jewish emigration from "Moment," Paul
Berman's article on Hiroshima in the October 1984 issue of "Mother Jones," and Joel Carmichael's
article on Christianity and the KGB in the May 1985 edition of "Midstream."
Box 52, Folder 6
Addenda: New York Times
March 1985-June 1992
Scope and Content Note
"New York Times" articles on the role of Anatoly Shcharansky in Israeli
politics in the 15 February 1986 issue; Shcharansky's criticism of Soviet policy on Jewish
emigration in the 10 December 1986 issue and William Safire's "Reading Anatoly's Mind" in the 26
December 1988 edition of the "NY Times." Articles by A.M. Rosenthal, including his "In Deep
Russia, the Camp at the End of the Road," from 13 December 1988. Article by Andrei
Voznesensky's on the suffering of Soviet Jews during WWII in the 20 October 1986 edition of the
"New York Times."
Box 52, Folder 7
Addenda: Magazines "N"
January 1970-October 1992
Scope and Content Note
George F. Will's articles in "Newsweek" on topics such as East-West cultural
exchange and Lenin. Mikhail S. Bernstam's, Henry Catto's and Tatyana Tolstaya's articles in
"National Review."
Box 52, Folder 8
Addenda: Magazines "O"
March 1986 & February 1988
Scope and Content Note
One copy of "Outcry," in which the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews
examines persecuted Soviet Jews, such as Anatoly Scharansky and Vladamir Lifshitz. Article in
the Orange County Register compared Waldheim with Gorbachev.
Box 52, Folder 9
Addenda: Magazines "R"
December 1987-March 1989
Scope and Content Note
Articles from "Reader's Digest" including Richard Nixon's and Jimmy Carter's
reflections on Mikhail Gorbachev. Mary Anne Dolan's article on Boris Yeltsin and Dale McFeatters
article on Gorbachev from the Rocky Mountain News.
Box 52, Folder 10
Addenda: Magazines "S"
March 1985-January 1989
Scope and Content Note
"San Diego Union" articles include the possible contest between Zev
Yaroslavsky and Tom Bradley to become L.A.'s next mayor and an article on Soviet refuseniks.
"San Diego Tribune" article on Soviet repression, "San Diego Jewish Times" article on Lev and
Marina Furman desiring to leave Leningrad for Israel and "San Jose Mercury News" article on
Stanford Professor Condoleeza Rice.
Box 52, Folder 11
Addenda: Magazines "T"
March 1970-October 1991
Scope and Content Note
"Time" articles on the USSR's newspaper campaign against Zionistic Jews in
the 23 March 1970 edition, Soviet baseball in 10 August 1987, and AIDS in the 25 June 1990
edition. Samuel D. Kassow's "Should Soviet Jews Leave" journal article from Tikkun Volume 5
Number 5.
Box 53, Folder 1
Addenda: Magazines "U"
December 1987
Scope and Content Note
Articles by Richard Perle on the superpower summit in the 14 December 1987
issue and by Mortimer B. Zuckerman on Gorbachev in the 21 December 1987 edition of "U.S.
News & World Report." Advertisement by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews in the November
1971 issue of "Atlas." Advertising material from Frumkin's company, Universal Drapery Fabrics,
Inc.
Box 53, Folder 2
Addenda: Magazines "V"
January 1979
Scope and Content Note
Article regarding Robert Manning's disruption of Ahmed al-Shahati's press
conference at the Bonaventure Hotel in the 28 January 1979 issue of the "Valley News."
Box 53, Folder 3
Addenda: Magazines "W"
August 1985-December 1987
Scope and Content Note
27 January 1986 article on genocide in Ethiopia in the "Wall Street Journal," 4
June 1986 article on the Bern Conference on Human Contacts, 8 August 1985 article on Eduard
Shevardnadze's pre-Foreign Minister career in the MVD; a 6 May 1987 article on Austrian
President Kurt Waldheim, and the scheduled speeches on Soviet emigration by Natan Sharansky,
Ida Nudel, and Elie Wiesel during a demonstration in Washington in the 3 December 1987 edition.
Box 53, Folder 4
Addenda: Radio
1988-1999
Scope and Content Note
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Program Index.
Box 53, Folder 5
Addenda: Radio
1988
Scope and Content Note
Copy of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Program Index, Volume 32
(Numbers 1-52).
Box 53, Folder 6
Addenda: Yaroslavsky Correspondence
July 1987
Scope and Content Note
Letters from Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky to Senators Cranston and Wilson
regarding the trade bill with the USSR.
Photographs
1969-1989
Scope and Content Note
Photographs from events held by the Southern California Council for Soviet
Jews and other activities involving Frumkin, his family and associates.
Box 53, Folder 7
Photographs for 1969-1970 (1 of 4)
1969
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the Simchah Torah march in support of Soviet Jews at Fairfax High
School in 1969. Photos of the campaign to mail Soviet Jews Rosh Hashanah greeting cards in
September 1969 reported by KABC television station 7. Photos of Nahama Lifschitz's press
conference at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in November 1969.
Box 53, Folder 8
Photographs for 1969-1970 (2 of 4)
1969
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the candlelight Walk for Soviet Jews with George Putnam, Steve
Allen, and other celebrities participating on 4 December 1969. Photos of Putnam interviewing
Frumkin and Zev Yaroslavsky for KTLA News. Photos of the Christmas card and petition program
for Russian Jews in December 1969.
Box 53, Folder 9
Photographs for 1969-1970 (3 of 4)
1970
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Zev Yaroslavsky handing out flyers at a demonstration at the Shrine
Auditorium when the Moiseyev dancers performed on 7-16 August 1970. Pictures of Frumkin and
Zev Yaroslavsky demonstrating for the emigration of Soviet Jews during the 28 May - 6 June Auto
Expo. Photos of the picketing on behalf of Soviet Jews outside the Fritchman Auditorium on 7
November 1970.
Box 53, Folder 10
Photographs for 1969-1970 (4 of 4)
1970
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the Candlelight March December 1970.
Box 53, Folder 11
Photographs for 1971-1972 (1 of 3)
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
Photos of a stage play regarding Soviet Jews.
Box 53, Folder 12
Photographs for 1971-1972 (2 of 3)
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the 28 May - 6 June Auto Expo 1971 at L.A. Sports Arena.
Box 53, Folder 13
Photographs for 1971-1972 (3 of 3)
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
Chanuka h cards.
Box 54, Folder 1
Photographs for 1972 (1 of 4)
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
Photos of City Councilman Joel Wachs presenting a City of Los Angeles
proclamation to Boris Kochubievsky. Pictures of Zev Yaroslavsky participating in a welcome for
Boris in L.A. in May 1972 after Boris served 3 years in a labor camp. Photos of Frumkin and
Kochubievsky being interviewed on radio station KABC.
Box 54, Folder 2
Photographs for 1972 (2 of 4)
1971
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the Candlelight Walk 1971 with shofar being blown and Councilman
Tom Bradley participating.
Box 54, Folder 3
Photographs for 1972 (3 of 4)
1973
Scope and Content Note
Photos depicting the attaching of bumper stickers as a means of protesting
against Pepsico's decision to build a factory in Russia and the import of vodka into the U.S.
Box 54, Folder 4
Photographs for 1972 (4 of 4)
1973
Scope and Content Note
Photos of a pro-Soviet Jews demonstration at I. Magnin.
Box 54, Folder 5
Photographs for 1973 (1 of 2)
1973
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Frumkin's and Zev Yaroslavsky's trip to Moscow to see Soviet
refuseniks, especially the Panovs. Also tourist sites such as Red Square and the Moscow
synagogue.
Box 54, Folder 6
Photographs for 1973 (2 of 2)
1973
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Frumkin's and Zev Yaroslavsky's trip to Moscow to see Soviet
refuseniks, including the Panovs. Also tourist sites such as Red Square and the Moscow
synagogue.
Box 54, Folder 7
Photographs for 1973-1975 (1 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Frumkin's and Yaroslavsky's demonstration against the lack of
Jewish emigration from the USSR at the L.A. Forum in May 1973.
Box 54, Folder 8
Photographs for 1973-1975 (2 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the protest on behalf of Boris Penson and other imprisoned Soviet
artists.
Box 54, Folder 9
Photographs for 1973-1975 (3 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the candlelight caravan to San Clemente as Leonid Brezhnev visited
Richard Nixon at the western White House. Includes images of helium-filled balloons with the
message "Brezhnev, let the Jews go," which were floated above the secluded compound.
Box 54, Folder 10
Photographs for 1973-1975 (4 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the telephone campaign.
Box 54, Folder 11
Photographs for 1973-1975 (5 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Frumkin and Yaroslavsky outside the Austrian Consulate in L.A.
Box 54, Folder 12
Photographs for 1973-1975 (6 of 6)
1973-1975
Scope and Content Note
Photos of Frumkin and Yaroslavsky destroying credit cards outside the
Standard Oil Building as covered by television crews.
Box 54, Folder 13
Photographs for 1973-1974 (1 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Black and white enlargements of Frumkin, Yaroslavsky and others dressed in
prison uniforms protesting the plight of Soviet Jews outside the Federal Building on Wilshire
Boulevard.
Box 54, Folder 14
Photographs for 1973-1974 (2 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Photo of the hull of the Russian ship Gavriil Derzhavin with the slogan "Let
Jews Go" on its side.
Box 54, Folder 15
Photographs for 1973-1974 (3 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Black and white enlargements of the reception for Kirill Khenkin at
Congressman Alphonso and Marian Bell's home at which both Councilman Tom Bradley and Zev
Yaroslavsky were in attendance.
Box 54, Folder 16
Photographs for 1973-1974 (4 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Photos of a protest on behalf of Soviet Jews as art from the Hermitage was
displayed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Box 54, Folder 17
Photographs for 1973-1974 (5 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of the Southern California Council for Soviet Jews participating in
a Jewish fair.
Box 54, Folder 18
Photographs for 1973-1974 (6 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of demonstrations at the Shrine Auditorium when Soviet
cultural programs were conducted including performances by the Moiseyev Dancers, the Bolshoi
Ballet, and Valeri and Galina Panov.
Box 54, Folder 19
Photographs for 1973-1974 (7 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Portraits depicting welcome for Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson who, along
with Charles Vanik, had sponsored 1974 legislation denying normal trade relations with the USSR
due to the nation's emigration restrictions on Jews.
Box 54, Folder 20
Photographs for 1973-1974 (8 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Black and white snapshots illustrating a protest when the exhibit entitled
"Soviet Union: Arts and Crafts in Ancient Times and Today" visited the L.A. Municipal Art Gallery
from 10 March to 5 April 1972.
Box 54, Folder 21
Photographs for 1973-1974 (9 of 9)
1973-1974
Scope and Content Note
Black and white portraits recording the performance of Valery Panov and his
wife Galina Ragozina at the Shrine Auditorium by Frumkin, who had worked for their right to
emigrate.
Box 55, Folder 1
Photographs for 1976-1977 (1 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Black and white enlargements depicting the protest at the Shrine Auditorium in
which Frumkin and Yaroslavsky called for freedom of Jews to emigrate.
Box 55, Folder 2
Photographs for 1976-1977 (2 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Photos of demonstrations, including against Standard Oil Company in which
gasoline credit cards were destroyed.
Box 55, Folder 3
Photographs for 1976-1977 (3 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots depicting police intervention during the protest against
Vanessa Redgrave and the PLO with resulting injuries to both demonstrators and police.
Box 55, Folder 4
Photographs for 1976-1977 (4 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of student hunger strike (5-7 April 1977) on behalf of Anatoly
Shcharansky, who was one of the founders of the Moscow Refusenik movement sentenced to 13
years of forced labor in Siberia for allegedly spying on America's behalf.
Box 55, Folder 5
Photographs for 1976-1977 (5 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of a speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Box 55, Folder 6
Photographs for 1976-1977 (6 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Black and white photos of an April 1977 protest at the Soviet Consulate
General for the freedom of Anatoly Sharansky and Joseph Begun. Photos include Avital Sharansky
as part of the "L.A. to San Francisco Freedom Flight for Soviet Jews" and the L.A.'s 35's Womens
Campaign for Soviet Jews.
Box 55, Folder 7
Photographs for 1976-1977 (7 of 7)
1976-1977
Scope and Content Note
Black and white snapshots of a demonstration at the 1974 L.A. International
Film Expo.
Box 55, Folder 8
Photographs for 1982-1983 (1 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of a demonstration for Anatoly Sharansky at L.A. City Hall in
September 1982.
Box 55, Folder 9
Photographs for 1982-1983 (2 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color photos of the 2 December 1982 "Dance for Freedom."
Box 55, Folder 10
Photographs for 1982-1983 (3 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color and black and white photos of the December 1982 Candlelight Walk for
Soviet Jews.
Box 55, Folder 11
Photographs for 1982-1983 (4 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
One black and white photo of Secretary of the Interior James Watt and his wife
during their visit to L.A. in February 1983.
Box 55, Folder 12
Photographs for 1982-1983 (5 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Black and white snapshots depicting the March 1983 demonstration in support
of Ariel Sharon in spite of the fact that he allowed Phalangists into the Sabra and Shatila
Palestinian refugee camps on 16-18 September 1982.
Box 55, Folder 13
Photographs for 1982-1983 (6 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Photos of the March 1983 demonstration and burning of a Soviet flag by the
Jewish Defense League at Occidental Petroleum's headquarters at the Kirkeby Center. Black and
white enlargements of Frumkin being interviewed by the Greater L.A. Press Club for his stance
against Occidental, which had operated in Libya from 1965-1986.
Box 55, Folder 14
Photographs for 1982-1983 (7 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color photographs of Frumkin being interviewed by Ray Brix at radio station
KABC.
Box 55, Folder 15
Photographs for 1982-1983 (8 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of the protest on behalf of nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov
at the Occidental Petroleum facility in Irvine on 10 April 1983.
Box 55, Folder 16
Photographs for 1982-1983 (9 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of the demonstration during the Occidental Petroleum
shareholders meeting on 20 May 1983.
Box 55, Folder 17
Photographs for 1982-1983 (10 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Black and white portraits of Frumkin with Congressman Bob Dornan at the
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
Box 55, Folder 18
Photographs for 1982-1983 (11 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Black and white portraits of Frumkin leading the Passover Seder for Soviet
immigrants at the Westside Jewish Community Center in 1983.
Box 55, Folder 19
Photographs for 1982-1983 (12 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Two color enlargements of Frumkin with Candidate Bruce Herschensohn and
Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson at fundraising banquet in November 1984.
Box 55, Folder 20
Photographs for 1982-1983 (13 of 13)
1982-1984
Scope and Content Note
Color snapshots of the candlelight Walk for Soviet Jews 23 December 1984.
Soviet Holocaust Interview Translations
2008-2010
Scope and Content Note
Translations of oral histories of Holocaust survivors.
Box 56, Folder 1
"Victims of the Holocaust Tell Their Stories," paperback book
2004
Scope and Content Note
Russian book, published by Optimum in 2004. (The following 21 files are
Frumkin's translation of pages 10-89 of this paperback. However, pages 89-111 and pages 114-206
are not translated in the following manuscripts. They are translated in the 2010 published volume
"The Holocaust DID Happen.")
Box 56, Folder 2
Interview: Vilya Ira
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Vilya Ira from Beltzi (Moldavia) recalling her Aunt Zina
and her Holocaust experiences in Ribnitzki Ghetto, Romania; Balta; Obodovka.
Box 56, Folder 3
Interview: Ida Anapolskaya
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Ida (nee Guralnik) Anapolskaya recalling her
Holocaust experiences in Bratslav Vinnitskoy, Ukraine; Pechor Tulchinsky Concentration Camp;
Vishkovtsi; Tiraspol; Odessa; Derebchinka; and Belorussia.
Box 56, Folder 4
Interview: Alexander Anapolski
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Alexander Anapolski recalling his Holocaust
experiences in Bratslav Vinnitskoy, Ukraine; Chernashevka, Russia; Pechora; Tulchina,
Vishnevski; Vinnitsa; Odessa; Tiraspol; and Arhangelsk.
Box 56, Folder 5
Interview: Klara Barskaya
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Klara Barskaya recalling her Holocaust experiences in
Popovtsi near Vinnitskaya; Kiev; Odessa; Bessarabia; and Brichan.
Box 56, Folder 6
Interview: Maria Bezman
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Maria Bezman recalling her Holocaust experiences in
Zjmerinka, Vinnitski; Transnistrii Ghetto; Brailov; Moscow; and Kiev.
Box 56, Folder 7
Interview: Michail Bochkis
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Michail Bochkis recalling his Holocaust experiences in
Mogilyov-Podolski, Vinnitski; Shargorod, Vinnitski; Dnestr River; Pechor Tulchinsky Concentration
Camp; Kazani; Mogilyovski Ghetto, Belorussia; and Kiev.
Box 56, Folder 8
Interview: Anna Markovna
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Anna Markovna (nee Vitigailovskaya) Wagner recalling
her Holocaust experiences in Bershad Vinnitski.
Box 56, Folder 9
Interview: Ekaterina Vaisbein
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Ekaterina Vaisbein recalling her Holocaust
experiences in Andreevo-Ivanovky; Troitski; Ananyev; Bobrik; Rovno; Dzukov; and Usaev.
Box 56, Folder 10
Interview: Anna Vanshtein
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Anna Vanshtein (nee Birman) recalling her Holocaust
experiences in Brichani, Romania/Moldavian USSR; Kasautski Forest; Bershadskoe Ghetto, and
Vinnitskaya.
Box 56, Folder 11
Interview: Polina Dolmatskaya
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Polina (nee Davidson) Dolmatskaya recalling her
Holocaust experiences in Krivoe Ozero, Nikolaevskaya; Lukanovka; Bradievka; Kumarov;
Vradievski; Bogdanovka Death Camp; Marinovka; and Domanyovka.
Box 56, Folder 12
Interview: Leonid Dolmatskiy
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Leonid Dolmatskiy recalling his Holocaust experiences
in Krutiye/Kodimskiy, Odessa; Akkerman/Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy, Ukrainia; Ploti Forest; Ribnitsa,
Moldav Republic; Ribnitskoe; Balta/Baltski Ghetto; and Varshava in which Rabbi Chaim-Zanvel
Abramovich is mentioned.
Box 56, Folder 13
Interview: Vladimir Edidovitch
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Vladimir Edidovitch recalling his Holocaust
experiences in which the Kaunas archives in Lithuania are mentioned and the following locations
play a role: Palanga; Voenkomat; Daugavpils, Latvia; Rezekna, Latvia; Sventas; Riga Ghetto;
Stutthof Concentration Camp; Dachau. In addition, Sophia Ivanovna Adomyanets is acclaimed as a
Righteous amongst the Gentiles.
Box 56, Folder 14
Interview: Pyotr Efimov
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Pyotr Efimov recalling his Holocaust experiences in
Kodima Ghetto, Ukraine; Kodimskiy Yar; Budei; Gvozdovka; Krivoye Ozero; Chichelnik Ghetto;
Balta; and Odessa. In addition, the television documentary about Arkadiy Duvidzon is mentioned.
Box 56, Folder 15
Interview: Raisa Koganova
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Raisa (nee Urman) Koganova recalling her Holocaust
experiences in Savranski Ghetto, Odessa; Obodovka, Vinnitsky; and the Bershad Ghetto.
Box 56, Folder 16
Interview: Evginia Konviser
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Evginia Konviser recalling her Holocaust experiences
in Artemovskaya, Donetskaya; Enakiev; Kramatorsk; Alsiovka; Ural; Minsk; and Vilnius, Lithuania.
Box 56, Folder 17
Interview: Arkadiy Korabelnik
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Arkadiy Korabelnik recalling his Holocaust
experiences in Shundra Grodnenskaya, Belorus; Slonim Ghetto, Grodnenskaya; Moscow; and
Dnepropetrovskiy.
Box 56, Folder 18
Interview: Boris Krasner
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Boris Krasner recalling his Holocaust experiences in
Kharkov; Luchinets Kopaigorodski, and Vinnitski.
Box 56, Folder 19
Interview: Iosif Marchak
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Iosif Marchak recalling the Holocaust experiences of
his father, Eli-Shoyhet, in Bershad; Lodz; Uman; Bessarbiya; and Bokvina.
Box 56, Folder 20
Interview: Alexander Matusov
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Alexander Matusov writing about Ilya Frenkel, a Jewish
soldier who saved many other Jews in Kiev; Millerovo, Koshar; Nijne-Chirskaya Stanitsa;
Zaporojye; Yuzovka, Mariupole; Zaporozhiye; Savranskiy Forest; and Moscow.
Box 56, Folder 21
Interview: Mihail Murahovski
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Mihail Murahovski recalling his Holocaust experiences
in Odessa and the Kremenchug Concentration Camp.
Box 56, Folder 22
Interview: Moisei Podberezin
August 2008
Scope and Content Note
Frumkin's translation of Moisei Podberezin recalling his Holocaust experiences
in Kalinin/Tver; Vyoski; and the Ilino Concentration Camp. His tour through his childhood village
was videotaped by Steven Spielberg and the original is available at the Shoah Foundation at USC.
Pocket Calendars
1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1988
Scope and Content Note
Calendars, address book and a few other personal mementoes.
Box 56, Folder 23
Calendar
1971
Scope and Content Note
Calendar recording the dates and times of the Candlelight Walk, ORT
Meetings, and demonstrations at the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard.
Box 56, Folder 24
Calendar
1972
Scope and Content Note
Calendar recording a notation about Congressman Bell's participation in the
Candlelight Walk, the start date of Hebrew Union College in January, meeting date with George
Putnam in January, etc.
Box 56, Folder 25
Calendar
1977
Scope and Content Note
Calendar recording a note regarding a dinner date with Zev Yaroslavsky in
January, an event at the Valley Hilton in March, and a meeting with L.A. City Attorney Bert Pines
in April.
Box 56, Folder 26
Calendar
1978
Scope and Content Note
Calendar recording a note regarding Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in
Jerusalem and an appointment with Elie Wiesel and lunch at the Simon Wiesenthal Center during
January.
Box 56, Folder 27
Calendar
1988
Scope and Content Note
Calendar recording notations regarding weekly speaking engagements for the
Simon Wiesenthal Center during March.
Box 56, Folder 28
"The Book of Si"
2000
Scope and Content Note
A film made for the occasion of Frumkin's 70th birthday in which Zev Yaroslavsky, Alexander Polovets and numerous other friends
honor him.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 DVD.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
Box 56, Folder 29
Greeting Cards
Scope and Content Note
Greeting cards along with addresses of Soviet Jews to mail them to.
Box 56, Folder 30
Telephone and Address Book
Scope and Content Note
Telephone numbers and addresses for the Association of Russian Jews in
New York, Congressman Howard Berman, newspaper publisher Phil Blazer, the Claims
Conference, the British historian Martin Gilbert, and numerous former Soviet Jews who have
emigrated to Israel.