Being a Jew in USSR

collection of Memoirs "Being a Jew in USSR"

Memoirs as a genre of personal recollection shed light on the wide gap between official Soviet ideology, its application to the realities of Soviet life and behavioral patterns of Soviet bosses. Many of such books were self published in small quantities, and they are disappearing rapidly. Our goal is to save those valuable insights for future generations. Digitized books will be accessible online.

This collection started modestly by books donation from the Foundation members and authors. “Soviet” Jews were employed in many industries, in research and engineering, in health care and art. Their recollections contain wealth of interesting information and unknown details how Soviet system was run.
Some books provide fascinated details about Stalin’s purges and the atmosphere of terror, which shaped life in USSR from Revolution years till Stalin death. Authors also convey facts about systemic antisemitism flourishing on all levels of Soviet hierarchy.

Catalog of TKF Library

Please help us - send copies of published and self-published books and digital files of books and manuscripts.

Location where you can drop off books

Philadelphia: book shop "Knizhnik" call 1-215-969-7082
Fair Lawn NJ: call 201-398-0469 (Leonid)
Norwood MA: call 203-912-2704 (Galina)
Brooklyn NY: call 718-714-1779 (Roza)
Chicago land: call 847 670 8834 (Greg)
Send by mail: call 267-235-5176 (Mike)