Both Irina and Viktor maintain a high profile of leadership for other ref usenik families and stay in contact with the West. despite the fact that their mail is heavily censored and their freedom of movement severely limited. The Breilovskys are but one example of courage. Today is the 49th birthday of another. Ida Nudel. She is languishing in internal exile in Eastern Siberia. Idas crime was to hang a banner from the balcony of her Moscow apartment to demand the exit visa she had requested. Her presence in the refusenik community is sorely missed as she was in many ways an angel to prisoners of conscience. writing them letters. sending them packages. and visiting them. It is easy for us to focus on the dramatic events in this troubled world.