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Alexandra Deresh
Alexandra Deresh

Alexandra Deresh

Not on view
Date1985-09-19
Dimensionsoverall: 8 in x 10 in
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit Lineinternal credit: Gift of Barbara Pfeffer; external credit: Barbara Pfeffer Collection, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York
Object number1999.P.717
Object DescriptionBlack and white photograph. Portrait photo of a smiling young woman, refusenik Alexandra Deresh.
Keywords
  • Vilna
NotesThe Coalition to Free Soviet Jews organized a trip to the Soviet Union for journalist Peter Hellman, photographer Barbara Pfeffer, and Coalition representative Sally Friedman. They arrived September 11, 1985 in Leningrad, and were expelled from the Soviet Union a week earlier than they had planned on October 4th.
Mrs. Deresh
Mrs. Deresh
1985-09-19
Object number: 1999.P.718
Home of refusenik
Home of refusenik
1985-09
Object number: 1999.P.660
Home of refusenik
Home of refusenik
1985-09
Object number: 1999.P.662

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