Let My People Go movement

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Jewish activist movement human rights campaign social movement

The Let My People Go movement was a global campaign, especially active among Jews in the West, advocating for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate and practice their religion freely during the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
Let My People Go movement canonical	1
refusenik movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1227215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Let My People Go movement
Context triple: [The Jews of Silence, movementAssociatedWith, Let My People Go movement]

A. Redeemer movement
The Redeemer movement was a post–Civil War political coalition in the American South that sought to restore white Democratic control and roll back Reconstruction-era reforms.
B. Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
C. St. Augustine movement
The St. Augustine movement was a major 1963–1964 civil rights campaign in St. Augustine, Florida, that used nonviolent protests to challenge racial segregation and helped build momentum for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
D. Amnesty
Amnesty is the commonly used short name for Amnesty International, a global non-governmental organization focused on human rights advocacy and campaigning.
E. COBRA movement
The COBRA movement was a post-World War II European avant-garde art collective known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract works that rejected traditional artistic conventions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Let My People Go movement
Target entity description: The Let My People Go movement was a global campaign, especially active among Jews in the West, advocating for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate and practice their religion freely during the Cold War.

A. Redeemer movement
The Redeemer movement was a post–Civil War political coalition in the American South that sought to restore white Democratic control and roll back Reconstruction-era reforms.
B. Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
C. St. Augustine movement
The St. Augustine movement was a major 1963–1964 civil rights campaign in St. Augustine, Florida, that used nonviolent protests to challenge racial segregation and helped build momentum for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
D. Amnesty
Amnesty is the commonly used short name for Amnesty International, a global non-governmental organization focused on human rights advocacy and campaigning.
E. COBRA movement
The COBRA movement was a post-World War II European avant-garde art collective known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract works that rejected traditional artistic conventions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish activist movement ⓘ human rights campaign ⓘ social movement ⓘ
activeDuring	Cold War ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
advocatedTo	Soviet government ⓘ surface form: Soviet authorities United Nations ⓘ Western governments ⓘ international organizations ⓘ
associatedWith	Jewish community organizations in the West ⓘ student activist groups ⓘ synagogue‑based advocacy groups ⓘ
demanded	abolition of discriminatory exit visa policies in the USSR ⓘ freedom of worship for Soviet Jews ⓘ permission for family reunification for Soviet Jews ⓘ
especiallyActiveAmong	Jewish Americans ⓘ surface form: American Jews Australian Jews ⓘ British Jews ⓘ Jewish Canadians ⓘ surface form: Canadian Jews French Jews ⓘ Jews in Western countries ⓘ
focusesOn	Soviet Jewry ⓘ surface form: Jewish emigration from the USSR Soviet Jewry ⓘ surface form: Soviet Jews
geographicScope	global ⓘ
hasMainGoal	advocacy for religious freedom of Soviet Jews ⓘ advocacy for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War East–West ideological conflict Soviet policy toward ethnic and religious minorities ⓘ
influenced	Western public opinion on Soviet human rights abuses ⓘ foreign policy debates about the USSR ⓘ
opposed	religious persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union ⓘ restrictions on Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	broader human rights campaigns during the Cold War ⓘ
relatedTo	Soviet Jewry movement ⓘ refusenik movement ⓘ
sloganDerivedFrom	Biblical phrase "Let my people go" ⓘ
sloganSourceText	Book of Exodus ⓘ
supported	Jewish religious activists in the USSR ⓘ Soviet Jewry ⓘ surface form: Soviet Jewish refuseniks
usedTactics	letter‑writing campaigns ⓘ petitions ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ protest rallies ⓘ public awareness campaigns ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ

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The Jews of Silence → movementAssociatedWith → Let My People Go movement ⓘ

Natan Sharansky → movement → Let My People Go movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: refusenik movement

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