Behind the Iron Curtain, photographer Bill Aron documented Soviet Jewish life, refuseniks, and the resilience of faith under Soviet repression.

Russians throughout the country on October 29 commemorated the victims of Soviet repression with an annual event organized by the Memorial human rights group, which itself was banned and shut down by ...

Memorial was founded in the Soviet Union in 1987 to ensure that victims of Communist Party repression would be remembered. It has continued to compile information on human rights abuses and track the ...