Bugged. beaten. interrogated. and starved she continued mailing her letters and her parcels to her prisoners and. for many. she was the only link to the outside world and to the Jewish people. On June 1. 1978. international childs day. Ida Nudel joined in a demonstration to dpmand visas for refuseniks. Ida hung a banner from her balcon which said "KGB. give me a visa to Israel." She stuck a banner with a star of David on her window. Three weeks later she was arrested on the charge of malicious hooliganism. After a trial. at which there were no friendly witnesses. she was sentenced to four yearsfour yearsof exile to Siberia.
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