Mr. Speaker. last week it was my privilege to attend a lunch given by the gentleman from New York to meet Mrs. Lyuba Bershadskaya. a Soviet Jew who was permitted to emigrate to Israel in July 1970. This remarkable woman was a ballet dancer and later a member of Ambassador Averell Harrimans staff in the American Embassy during World War II. In 1946. she was arrested for her association with Americans and sent to Siberia where she endured 10 years of imprisonment at forced labor. In 1956. Mrs. Bershadskaya was released from prison. but not freed from official oppression. For many years. she was unable to obtain work and lodging because she is a Jew.
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