The Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the USSR in the Documents of the British Foreign Office (1952–1958)
Journal: Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia
Year: 2019

The Jewish Autonomous Oblast known as Birobijan in the USSR attracted the interest of the British diplomacy.This is reflected in the correspondence between British missions in the USSR and Israel and the Foreign Office.This analysis covers five documents from 1952-1958 kept in the National Archives in London.The documents pertain to two matters: (1) a discussion about the current status of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (whether rumours of its disappearance were true) and(2) reflections on the act