Len Garment. met with them Tuesday night. Mr. Svechinski. who is 41. tried in 1949 to escape the Soviet Union. during a wave of antisemitism instigated by Josef Stalin. He was arrested and sentenced in 1950 to 10 years in the infamous Kalyma camp. where he joined many other "antiSoviet" Jewish activists. In January 19.55. nearly 2 years after Stalins death. his sentence was reduced and he was released. He and his family emigrated to Israel last February. Mr. Yankelevich. 52. spent 10 years in prison and 5 more years in exile in Siberia before obtaining an exit permit in May of 1969.
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