Because of Soviet tyranny she had precious little to celebrate. Ida Nudel spent her birthday away from her husband and family and in the cruel solitude of Siberian exile. Ida Nudels only crime is her desire to emigrate to Israel. her ancestral homeland. Mrs. Nudel first applied for an exit visa in May of 1971. Refused repeatedly. she wrote the following. shortly before her present 4year sentence to Siberia: What havent they done to me since I first applied to leave? I was placed in a prison punishment cell . . . there I was tortured with hunger and with difficult conditions.
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