Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexsandr Ginzburg had recently been arrested. and everyone knew that their trials. which would bring to a head the Soviet campaign to crush the dissident movement. would soon begin. Ida herself. for all her courage. seemed to know as well that she would not be permitted to stay "free" for longthat soon the authorities would move against her. Ida was convinced the Government would never grant her application for a visa--even though she had been waiting 7 long years. On June 1. 1978. Ida and other women planned to demonstrate once again for their freedom. The KGB learned of their protest. and placed them under curfew. Ida was confined to her apartment. secret police gathered outside. Late in the day. to show everyone that her spirit had not been broken. she hung a banner out the window which read: "KGB: give me my visa to Israel." Within a few days. she was arrested. and late in June was sentenced to 4 years in exile in Siberia. Her existence in the village of Krovosheino is unspeakable: 5.000 miles from Moscow. 100 miles from the nearest railroad. it is a collection of hovels containing the most dangerous and violent criminals. Ida has been attacked and beaten several times.