In 1967. at a union meeting. Kochubiyevsky publicly challenged the allegation that Israel had been the aggressor in the 6day war. The following year Kochubiyevsky attended memorial services at Babi Yar near Kiev. where 150.000 Jewsincluding his own fatherhad been massacred by the Nazis. No word of the Jewish tragedy is evident at Babi Yar and Kochubiyevsky protested this. His protest was overheard and duly recorded. Soon after. Boris and his wife applied for emigration to Israel. Suddenly. while his application was still pending. Kochubiyevsky was arrested and tried for "slandering the State." In May 1969. he was sentenced to 3 years at hard labor.
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